Flow-induced twist-compression in a twisted nematic cell

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Ruan, L Z ^a   Sambles, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYIMIDES; SUBSTRATES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

FLOW-INDUCED TWIST-COMPRESSION; OPTICAL CONVERGENT-BEAM GUIDED-WAVE TECHNIQUE; TWISTED NEMATIC CELL;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037526583     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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