High-Contrast and Fast Photorheological Switching of a Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal
Title:
High-Contrast and Fast Photorheological Switching of a Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal
Author:
Aya, Satoshi
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (384 seconds)
Series:
Chemistry
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Abstract:
This protocol demonstrates the preparation of a photorheological material that exhibits a solid phase, various liquid crystalline phases, and an isotropic liquid phase by increasing temperature. Presented here are methods for measuring the structure-viscoelasticity relationship of the material.
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