The authors would like to thank Advanced Nanotech for their support of this work.
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Sparse Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Electrode Arrays for Liquid-Crystal Photonic Devices†
Article first published online: 3 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200701910
Copyright © 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Wilkinson, T. D., Wang, X., Teo, K. B. K. and Milne, W. I. (2008), Sparse Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Electrode Arrays for Liquid-Crystal Photonic Devices. Adv. Mater., 20: 363–366. doi: 10.1002/adma.200701910
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 14 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 3 JAN 2008
- Manuscript Revised: 10 SEP 2007
- Manuscript Received: 3 AUG 2007
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Keywords:
- Arrays;
- Electro-optical materials;
- Hybrid materials;
- Liquid crystals;
- Carbon nanotubes, multiwalled
A new class of devices based on a hybrid combination of two different materials, nanotubes and liquid crystals, is presented. An array of individual vertically aligned multiwall carbon nanotubes creates a Gaussian electric field profile which reorients a nematic liquid crystal. The variation in refractive index acts like a graded index optical element which can be varied electrically. Results are presented from a device fabricated with 10 μm pitch micro-optical elements.