Liquid crystals in micron-scale droplets, shells and fibers

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2017, Pages

  Urbanski, Martin ^a   Reyes, Catherine G ^a   Noh, Junghyun ^a   Sharma, Anshul ^a   Geng, Yong ^a   Subba Rao Jampani, Venkata ^a   Lagerwall, Jan P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

actuator; electrospinning; functional fiber; liquid crystal; microfluidics; photonics; sensor

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DISPLAY DEVICES; DROPS; ELECTROSPINNING; MICROFLUIDICS; PHOTONICS; SENSORS; TEXTILES; THROUGHPUT;

CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FUNCTIONAL FIBERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL RESEARCH; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DROPLETS; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; SELF ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES; SPONTANEOUS CHIRAL-SYMMETRY BREAKING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 85015226518     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/aa5706     Document Type: Review

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