Alignment transition in a nematic liquid crystal due to field-induced breaking of anchoring

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-42

  Fazio, V S U ^a   Komitov, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 0033106592     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1999-00559-8     Document Type: Article

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14. c ≈ 100 Hz.