Switching dynamics of suspended mesogenic polymer microspheres
Ordered polymer microspheres were produced by photo-polymerizing reactive nematic liquid crystal droplets suspended in glycerol, thus capturing the mesogenic order indefinitely. The electro-optic switching of these structures suspended in a fluid is investigated and described by a simple phenomenolo...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Applied physics letters 2001-04, Vol.78 (18), p.2643-2645 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Ordered polymer microspheres were produced by photo-polymerizing reactive nematic liquid crystal droplets suspended in glycerol, thus capturing the mesogenic order indefinitely. The electro-optic switching of these structures suspended in a fluid is investigated and described by a simple phenomenological model. |
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| ISSN: | 0003-6951 1077-3118 |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.1367292 |