Electrohydrodynamic instabilities in freely suspended smectic C films

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3318, Issue , 1997, Pages 154-158

  Langer, Christian ^a   Stannarius, Ralf ^a   Becker, Alice ^a   Stegemeyer, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrohydrodynamic convection; Ferroelectricity; Polarizing microscopy; Smectic C; Vortex flow

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; VORTEX FLOW;

REFLECTION POLARIZING MICROSCOPY; SMECTIC FILMS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031391925     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.299959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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1. Electroconvective instabilities in smectic-C* liquid crystal films
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5. Static and dynamic behaviour of the vortex-electrohydrodynamic instability in freely suspended layers of nematic liquid crystals
6. Tourbillons électroconvectifs
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8. Measurement of the viscosity of ferroelectric liquid crystals in free-standing films
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