Ferroelectric nematic monolayer

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 4 B, 2003, Pages

  Tabe, Yuka ^a,b   Yamamoto, Takahiro ^a   Nishiyama, Isa ^a   Yoneya, Makoto ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achiral molecule; Dipolar interaction; Intrinsic ferroelectricity; Langmuir monolayer; Nematic liquid crystal; Spontaneous polarization; Two dimensionality

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; FERROELECTRICITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYSTYRENES; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CHIRAL SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC MONOLAYER; LANGMUIR MONOLAYER; LINEAR ELECTROOPTIC SWITCHING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0037932093     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.42.l406     Document Type: Letter

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