Experimental Realization of Crossover in Shape and Director Field of Nematic Tactoids; Article No. 042507

Jamali, Vida; Behabtu, Natnael; Senyuk, Bohdan; Lee, J. Alex; Smalyukh, Ivan I.; van der Schoot, Paul; Pasquali, Matteo

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.042507

Title: Experimental Realization of Crossover in Shape and Director Field of Nematic Tactoids; Article No. 042507

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.042507· OSTI ID:1220784

Jamali, Vida; Behabtu, Natnael; Senyuk, Bohdan; Lee, J. Alex; Smalyukh, Ivan I.; van der Schoot, Paul; Pasquali, Matteo

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Contributing Organization:: Rice University, Houston, Texas; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

OSTI ID:: 1220784

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-64581

Journal Information:: Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, Vol. 91, Issue 4

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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