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Liquid Crystals: Robust Microfluidic Encapsulation of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Toward Photonic Ink Capsules (Adv. Mater. 4/2015)
Author(s) -
Lee Sang Seok,
Kim Bomi,
Kim Su Kyung,
Won Jong Chan,
Kim Yun Ho,
Kim ShinHyun
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201570025
Subject(s) - materials science , inkwell , encapsulation (networking) , microfluidics , liquid crystal , nanotechnology , cholesteric liquid crystal , photonic crystal , optoelectronics , composite material , computer network , computer science
Thermochromic photonic capsules are microfluidically created by encapsulating cholesteric liquid crystals with a hydrogel membrane. On page 627, Y. H. Kim, S.‐H. Kim, and co‐workers demonstrate that these photonic ink capsules can be used as injectable colorimetric micro‐thermometers which potentially provide a temperature profile along the entire medium where the microcapsules are suspended.