Order parameter measurements of dichroic dyes dissolved in smectic liquid crystals that tilt without layer contraction

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 2 1, 2003, Pages 217051-217058

  Collings, Peter J ^a,b   Ratna, B R ^a   Shashidhar, R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SHRINKAGE; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

LAYER CONTRACTION;

DYES;

EID: 0038056352     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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