Effective medium theory of polymer dispersed liquid crystal droplet systems: II. Partially oriented bipolar droplets

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3253-3266

  Reshetnyak, V Yu ^a,b   Sluckin, T J ^a   Cox, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; STRAIN;

POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL DROPLETS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0031558870     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/30/23/009     Document Type: Article

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