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- Keyword:
- weak quenched random disorder, nematic volume fraction, nematic correlation length, Nematic, birefringence, 4' – transbutyl – 4 – cyano – 4 – heptyl - bicyclo, modulation calorimetry technique, octylcyanobiphenyl (8CB), phase transitions, random-dilution, Turbidity, isotropic, heat capacity, loss factor, Liquid Crystals, smectic A, permittivity, aerosil, random-field interactions., dielectric, and Radio Frequency Field Heating
- Creator:
- Barjami, Saimir
- Advisor:
- Iannacchione, Germano S.
- Publisher:
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Date Created:
- 2005-04-28
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Degree:
- PhD
- Unit (Department):
- Physics
- Keyword:
- gel structure, quenched random disorder, Turbidity, isotropic-nematic, phase transition, smectic-A to smectic-C, AC-Calorimetry, liquid crystal, gel dynamics, x-ray difraction, x-ray intensity fluctuation spectroscopy ( XIFS ), and nematic to smectic-A
- Creator:
- Roshi, Aleksander
- Advisor:
- Iannacchione, Germano S.
- Publisher:
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Date Created:
- 2005-04-27
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Degree:
- PhD
- Unit (Department):
- Physics
- Keyword:
- interference, phase, nulling, dislocation, diffraction, singularity, singularities, Vortex, coherence, and optical vortex
- Creator:
- Palacios, David M
- Advisor:
- Swartzlander, Grover A., Jr.
- Publisher:
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Date Created:
- 2004-08-24
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Degree:
- PhD
- Unit (Department):
- Physics
- Keyword:
- photoactive, photoinduced, molecular conformation, atomic force microscope, AFM, photoreactive, photoinduced conformation change, tip-sample interface, photocycle, purple membrane, bacteriorhodopsin, photomechanics, PLDS, and bimetallic bending
- Creator:
- Thoreson, Erik J.
- Advisor:
- Burnham, Nancy A.
- Publisher:
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Date Created:
- 2002-10-03
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Degree:
- MS
- Unit (Department):
- Physics