Perturbations of the Cholesteric Mesophase

Perturbations of the Cholesteric Mesophase

Miniature gas bubbles trapped in the liquid crystalline DNA sandwich between a microscope cover glass and slide disturb orientation of the cholesteric phase by high magnetic fields. The spherical structures in the photomicrograph presented above are gas bubbles that have been obscured by ordered liquid crystalline DNA that has adhered to the glass. The photomicrograph magnification is approximately 500x, and was recorded on Fujichrome 64T transparency film using a Nikon Optiphot-Pol microscope with crossed polarized illumination. Exposures were recorded about 1 f-step under the recommended value given by an in-camera photomultiplier and were push-processed approximately 0.5 f-steps in the first E-6 developer.

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