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Surface Interaction of Bent-Core Liquid Crystals "Slipping on a Banana Peel"
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Iglesias, Wilder G.
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Year and Degree
2012, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Chemical Physics.
Abstract
The main emphasis and focus of this talk revolves around liquid crystalline molecules with frustrated symmetry, molecules with a kink in the core resembling the shape of a banana. These novel materials are not only suitable and interesting for the common liquid crystal display field as fast switching candidates, but for a whole wide range of potential applications, such as: power generation, microscale actuators, optical storage devices, to name a few. Understanding surface interactions of these mesogens is a key factor in controlling and unveiling the vast potential capabilities of such liquid crystals.
Committee
Antal Jakli, PhD (Advisor)
Elizabeth Mann, PhD (Advisor)
Qi-Huo Wei, PhD (Committee Member)
Hiroshi Yokoyama, PhD (Committee Member)
Songping Huang, PhD (Committee Member)
Edgar Kooijman, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
149 p.
Subject Headings
Materials Science
Keywords
bent-core
;
banana
;
liquid
;
crystals
;
surfaces
;
biosensor
;
alignment
;
w-flex
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Iglesias, W. G. (2012).
Surface Interaction of Bent-Core Liquid Crystals "Slipping on a Banana Peel"
[Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1342799593
APA Style (7th edition)
Iglesias, Wilder.
Surface Interaction of Bent-Core Liquid Crystals "Slipping on a Banana Peel".
2012. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1342799593.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Iglesias, Wilder. "Surface Interaction of Bent-Core Liquid Crystals "Slipping on a Banana Peel"." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1342799593
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Kent State University and OhioLINK.