title: Size-dependent ordering of liquid crystals observed in polymeric capsules with micrometer and smaller diameters.
abstract: Made to order: Aqueous dispersions of polymer-encapsulated liquid crystal (LC) droplets were synthesized with precise interfacial chemistry and sizes in the micrometer-to-sub-micrometer range. Size-dependent changes in LC ordering could be observed. Study of the competition between size and interfacial chemistry on LC ordering enables size-dependent properties of LC droplets to be exploited in applications such as photonics and sensing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Jugal K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sivakumar
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: Nicholas L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Abbott