Towards Femtoscan-Assisted Analysis of Liquid Crystal Self-Organization
on Different Polymer and Glass Surfaces for Lab-on-a-Chip and
Lab-on-a-Dish Applications, Including Optofluidic and Flexoelectric Ones
Abstract
In this paper, starting with an introductory review of the applications
of liquid crystals and polymer-dispersed liquid crystal systems in
(bio)sensors and microfluidics, the possibilities of visualizing
self-organization products of liquid crystalline media or field-induced
instabilities of liquid crystalline systems are considered. In
particular illustrated cases, it is proposed to use FemtoScan
software-containing metrological complexes to visualize instabilities in
liquid crystalline systems and products of self-organization in liquid
crystalline media.
