Viscoelasticity of nematic liquid crystals at a glance

Author:

Giavazzi Fabio123,Crotti Stefano123,Speciale Antonio123,Serra Francesca123,Zanchetta Giuliano123,Trappe Veronique456,Buscaglia Marco123,Bellini Tommaso123,Cerbino Roberto123

Affiliation:

1. Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale

2. Universitá degli Studi di Milano

3. 20090 Segrate, Italy

4. Department of Physics

5. University of Fribourg

6. CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

Abstract

A new microscopy method is demonstrated for the characterisation of the viscoelasticity of nematic liquid crystals. Both aligned and spatially disordered samples are studied successfully. Several other heterogeneous soft materials could be studied with this approach.

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

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