Optical measurement of the director relaxation time in a periodically reoriented nematic liquid crystal

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3042-3047

  Papadopoulos, P L ^a   Zenginoglou, H M ^a   Kosmopoulos, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

DIRECTOR RELAXATION; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032621246     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.371166     Document Type: Article

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