@article {155206,
	title = {Electro-optic response and switchable Bragg diffraction for liquid crystals in colloid-templated materials},
	journal = {Physical Review E},
	volume = {65},
	number = {3},
	year = {2002},
	pages = {031720},
	abstract = {We report optical switching studies on nematic liquid crystal incorporated into structures based on self-assembled colloids. We compare the electro-optic responses of liquid crystal imbibed into colloid-templated polymers, liquid crystal imbibed in the interstitial space of colloid crystals, and conventional polymer-dispersed liquid crystals. We characterize the Bragg diffraction of our templated liquid-crystal/polymer composites as a function of electric field and measure switching times. The response of liquid crystal in connected networks differs qualitatively from that of liquid crystal in isolated cavities.},
	url = {https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.65.031720},
	author = {Mach, P. and Wiltzius, P. and Megens, M. and Weitz, D. A. and Lin, K. H. and Lubensky, T.C. and Yodh, A. G.}
}
