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Liquid Crystals: Reversible Fragmentation and Self‐Assembling of Nematic Liquid Crystal Droplets on Functionalized Pyroelectric Substrates (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2012)
Author(s) -
Merola Francesco,
Grilli Simonetta,
Coppola Sara,
Vespini Veronica,
De Nicola Sergio,
Maddalena Pasquale,
Carfagna Cosimo,
Ferraro Pietro
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201290090
Subject(s) - materials science , liquid crystal , polydimethylsiloxane , pyroelectricity , electric field , substrate (aquarium) , nanotechnology , ferroelectricity , lithium niobate , optoelectronics , dielectric , oceanography , physics , quantum mechanics , geology
Pico‐femtoliter nematic liquid crystal droplets are fragmented on a functionalized lithium niobate substrate covered with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) circular microstructures. On page 3267 , Francesco Merola and co‐workers report that the droplets move and assemble themselves outside or inside the structures, driven by electric field lines that are generated by the pyroelectric effect.