A method for determining elastic constants of nematic liquid crystals at high electric fields

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 36, Issue 7 A, 1997, Pages 4397-4400

  Zhou, Ying ^a   Sato, Susumu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elastic constants; High electric fields; Nematic liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC CONSTANT; ELASTIC CONSTANT RATIO; OPTICAL RETARDATION;

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031189836     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.4397     Document Type: Article

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