title: Chiral self-assembled solid microspheres: a novel multifunctional microphotonic device.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy. gabriella.cipparrone@fis.unical.it
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cipparrone
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzulla
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pane
authors.forename: Raul Josue
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bartolino
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry; D004655:Emulsions; D004867:Equipment Design; D005898:Glass; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D050866:Liquid Crystals; D008422:Materials Testing; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D008863:Microspheres; D052898:Optical Tweezers; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000379:methods; D017785:Photons; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D004655:Emulsions; D011108:Polymers