Microscopy of Diffuse Nematic–Isotropic Transition in Main-Chain Nematic Liquid-Crystal Elastomers
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00356
Abstract: Nematic–isotropic phase transition in liquid-crystal elastomers (LCEs), which drastically alters the macroscopic properties of the material, is attractive for both fundamental physics and applicati... read more here.
Keywords: nematic isotropic; microscopy; liquid crystal; crystal elastomers ... See more keywords
Periodic structures on liquid-phase smectic A, nematic and isotropic free surfaces
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DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.9.34
Abstract: The free boundary of smectic A (SmA), nematic and isotropic liquid phases were studied using a polarized optical microscope, an interferometric surface structure analyzer (ISSA), an atomic force microscope (AFM) and a scanning near-field optical… read more here.
Keywords: microscope; surface; structure; isotropic ... See more keywords