Step-wise Fréedericksz transition in a nematic liquid crystal

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7502-7504

  Shioda, Tatsutoshi ^a   Wen, Bing ^a,b   Rosenblatt, Charles ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKWELL SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMITRANSPARENT LAYERS; VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE;

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREE ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0346935283     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1629389     Document Type: Article

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