Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals
Blue phases are a liquid crystalline state with attractive optical properties but their use in devices can be hindered by their polycrystalline nature. Here the authors create monocrystalline blue phase domains by designing substrates with patterns which are determined by field-theoretic simulations...
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| author | Jose A. Martínez-González Xiao Li Monirosadat Sadati Ye Zhou Rui Zhang Paul F. Nealey Juan J. de Pablo |
| author_facet | Jose A. Martínez-González Xiao Li Monirosadat Sadati Ye Zhou Rui Zhang Paul F. Nealey Juan J. de Pablo |
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| description | Blue phases are a liquid crystalline state with attractive optical properties but their use in devices can be hindered by their polycrystalline nature. Here the authors create monocrystalline blue phase domains by designing substrates with patterns which are determined by field-theoretic simulations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-143a1d87cdf641588ae737fc3f65f1462022-12-21T19:28:09ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232017-06-01811910.1038/ncomms15854Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystalsJose A. Martínez-González0Xiao Li1Monirosadat Sadati2Ye Zhou3Rui Zhang4Paul F. Nealey5Juan J. de Pablo6Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of ChicagoInstitute for Molecular Engineering, The University of ChicagoInstitute for Molecular Engineering, The University of ChicagoInstitute for Molecular Engineering, The University of ChicagoInstitute for Molecular Engineering, The University of ChicagoInstitute for Molecular Engineering, The University of ChicagoInstitute for Molecular Engineering, The University of ChicagoBlue phases are a liquid crystalline state with attractive optical properties but their use in devices can be hindered by their polycrystalline nature. Here the authors create monocrystalline blue phase domains by designing substrates with patterns which are determined by field-theoretic simulations.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15854 |
| spellingShingle | Jose A. Martínez-González Xiao Li Monirosadat Sadati Ye Zhou Rui Zhang Paul F. Nealey Juan J. de Pablo Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals Nature Communications |
| title | Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals |
| title_full | Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals |
| title_fullStr | Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals |
| title_short | Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals |
| title_sort | directed self assembly of liquid crystalline blue phases into ideal single crystals |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15854 |
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