Patent ID: 11921393
Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  C | IPC C  G

Claim 17:
18. An article comprising:
a substrate having a surface, wherein the surface is patterned with a surface pattern that extends over a first area;
a monocrystalline liquid crystalline material that extends over the first area, wherein the surface comprises a second surface pattern that extends over a second area and a monocrystalline liquid crystalline material that extends over the second area, wherein the monocrystalline liquid crystalline material that extends over the first area has a first unit cell orientation, the monocrystalline liquid material that extends over the second area has a second unit cell orientation and is separated by the monocrystalline liquid material that extends over the first area by a single defect line.