Conoscopic observations of shear-induced rotations in nematic liquid crystals

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 503-513

  Boudreau, David M ^a   Winter, H Henning ^a,b   Lillya, C Peter ^a   Stein, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment angle; Conoscopy; Monodomain; Shear

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTAL; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0033503079     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003970050203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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