Alignment visualization using electroconvection of planar nematics

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2800-2806

  Bock, T M ^a   Blasing J ^b   Frette, V ^c   Rehberg, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

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EID: 0043184592     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1150696     Document Type: Article

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