Sub 100 nanosecond pretilted planar-to-homeotropic reorientation of nematic liquid crystals under high electric field

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

Volumn 37, Issue 5 A, 1998, Pages 2587-2589

  Takanashi, Hidehiko ^a   Maclennan, Joseph E ^b   Clark, Noel A ^b  

^a SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Leslie Ericksen theory; Nematic liquid crystal; Planar to homeotropic reorientation; Pretilt angle; Sub 100 nanosecond risetime

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032063842     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.37.2587     Document Type: Article

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