@article {155211,
	title = {Switchable Bragg diffraction from liquid crystal in colloid-templated structures},
	journal = {Europhysics Letters},
	volume = {58},
	number = {5},
	year = {2002},
	pages = {679-685},
	abstract = {We have incorporated nematic liquid crystal into periodic, polymer host structures templated from self-assembled colloids. Using these composite materials, we demonstrate the first electrically switchable three-dimensional Bragg diffraction. The switchable beam deflection is potentially useful for non-mechanical beam steering and optical beam splitting devices. We compare the electro-optic response of our templated liquid-crystal/polymer composites with conventional polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs). Our data reveal a qualitatively different and faster response for liquid crystal distributed within a connected cavity network, as compared to isolated liquid-crystal droplets within a polymer matrix.},
	url = {https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/epl/i2002-00403-3},
	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.}
}
