Electroclinic liquid crystals with large induced tilt angle and small layer contraction

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1579-1584

  Spector, M S ^a   Heiney, P A ^a,b,c   Naciri, J ^a   Weslowski, B T ^a,d   Holt, D B ^a   Shashidhar, R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY SCATTERING;

APPLIED FIELD; ELECTROCLINIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; LONG RANGE ORDERS; MOLECULAR TILT; ORGANOSILOXANES; PRIMARY EFFECTS; SMECTIC LAYERS; SMECTIC-A LIQUID CRYSTALS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0001081020     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.1579     Document Type: Article

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