Applications Research Studies of Microtubules

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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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1987
Accession Number
ADA191017

Entities

People

  • J. D. Margerum

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Attachment
  • Cells
  • Contracts
  • Crystals
  • Cytoskeleton
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Field Tests
  • Liquid Crystals
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Military Research
  • Optical Properties
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Polarizers

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