Effect of Size Polydispersity on the Pitch of Nanorod Cholesterics
Many nanoparticle-based chiral liquid crystals are composed of polydisperse rod-shaped particles with considerable spread in size or shape, affecting the mesoscale chiral properties in, as yet, unknown ways. Using an algebraic interpretation of Onsager-Straley theory for twisted nematics, we investi...
Main Author: | Henricus H. Wensink |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-03-01
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Series: | Crystals |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/9/3/143 |
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