Electro-optic properties of a polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal film: Temperature dependence and phase behavior

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

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 2412-2422

  Amundson, Karl ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FILMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DROPLETS; ELECTRO OPTIC PROPERTIES; PHASE BEHAVIOR; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL FILM; STRUCTURAL TRANSITION; SWITCHING VOLTAGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0030102361     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.53.2412     Document Type: Article

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