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Diffusionless transformation of soft cubic superstructure from amorphous to simple cubic and body-centered cubic phases

Authors :
Jie Liu
Wenzhe Liu
Bo Guan
Bo Wang
Lei Shi
Feng Jin
Zhigang Zheng
Jingxia Wang
Tomiki Ikeda
Lei Jiang
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

The arrangements of defect lines in liquid crystal blue phases provide promising templates for photonic crystals. Here Liu et al. investigate in detail how inter-phase transitions proceed, by intercepting nucleation with on-demand cross linking of a supporting polymer matrix.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.4b2a0a2e1d04edb888c8f66f12a4735
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23631-w