Accession Number:
ADA191017
Title:
Applications Research Studies of Microtubules
Descriptive Note:
Monthly letter progress rept. no. 2, 12 Sep-11 Oct 1987
Corporate Author:
HUGHES RESEARCH LABS MALIBU CA EXPLORATORIES STUDIES DEPT
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1987-10-31
Pagination or Media Count:
3.0
Abstract:
This contract provides the Hughes Research Laboratories HRL funding for the first year of a three year research program to investigate techniques basic to novel applications of lipid microtubules for electro optical, optical, and sensor devices, and to study the feasibility of such device applications. The overall program has two main area 1 The study of ordered microtubules in fluids and films, for applications such as variable transmission windows, IR polarizers, and dichroic filters 2 The study of ordered attachment of microtubules to surfaces, for applications such as nonlinear optical devices and acoustic detectors. The emphasis in this first year is on the suspension, orientation and electro-optical properties of microtubules in fluids, liquid crystals, and polymers, and on techniques for controlling the orientation and attachment of microtubules to surfaces.
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Subject Categories:
- Electrooptical and Optoelectronic Devices
- Fiber Optics and Integrated Optics