Confinement of colloidal liquid crystals

<p>The behavior of colloidal liquid crystals in confinement is addressed on the single particle level using laser scanning confocal microscopy. We seek to disentangle how equilibrium director fields are controlled by the complex interplay between confinement, elasticity and surface anchoring....

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Main Author: Dammone, O
Other Authors: Aarts, D
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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