We show that nematic liquid crystals confined inside cubic scaffolds made by two-photon polymerization exhibit bistability and large memory effects in response to electric fields, due to topological defects interacting with the solid structure.
Bistability of nematic liquid crystals confined in 3D scaffold produced by two-photon polymerization / F. Serra, S.M. Eaton, E. Borlini, R. Cerbino, M. Buscaglia, G. Cerullo, R. Osellame, T. Bellini - In: 2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2012Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2012. - ISBN 978-1-4673-1839-6. - pp. 1-2 (( convegno Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) tenutosi a San Jose, CA nel 2012.
Bistability of nematic liquid crystals confined in 3D scaffold produced by two-photon polymerization
F. SerraPrimo
;R. Cerbino;M. Buscaglia;T. BelliniUltimo
2012
Abstract
We show that nematic liquid crystals confined inside cubic scaffolds made by two-photon polymerization exhibit bistability and large memory effects in response to electric fields, due to topological defects interacting with the solid structure.
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