Colloidal cholesteric liquid crystal in spherical confinement

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Li, Yunfeng ^a   Jun Yan Suen, Jeffrey ^a   Prince, Elisabeth ^a   Larin, Egor M ^a   Klinkova, Anna ^a   Thérien Aubin, Héloïse ^a   Zhu, Shoujun ^b   Yang, Bai ^b   Helmy, Amr S ^a   Lavrentovich, Oleg D ^c   Kumacheva, Eugenia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Jilin University   (China)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHOLESTEROL; FAT DROPLET; METAL OXIDE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOROD; POLYMER;

CARBON; CELLULOSE; COLLOID; CRYSTAL; DROPLET; LIQUID; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; SPHERE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; EMULSION; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE SEPARATION; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 84984612070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12520     Document Type: Article

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