Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light

Nature

Volumn 531, Issue 7594, 2016, Pages 352-356

  Zheng, Zhi Gang ^a   Li, Yannian ^a   Bisoyi, Hari Krishna ^a   Wang, Ling ^a   Bunning, Timothy J ^b   Li, Quan ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT EFFECT; LIQUID; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ORIENTATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; THERMOSTABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84982111775     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17141     Document Type: Article

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