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Monday, November 21, 2011

Chiral Self-Assembled Solid Microspheres: A Novel Multifunctional Microphotonic Device

Gabriella Cipparrone, Alfredo Mazzulla, Alfredo Pane, Raul Josue Hernandez, Roberto Bartolino

Solid chiral microspheres with unique and multifunctional optical properties are produced from cholesteric liquid crystal-water emulsions using photopolymerization processes. These self-organizing microspheres exhibit different internal configurations of helicoidal structures with radial, conical or cylindrical geometries, depending on the physicochemical characteristics of the precursor liquid crystal emulsion.

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