Recent advances in chiral nematic structure and iridescent color of cellulose nanocrystal films

Nanomaterials

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Gray, Derek G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Chiral nematic; Polarized light microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998886354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano6110213     Document Type: Review

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