Measurement of the twist elastic constant by phase retardation technique

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 384, Issue PART I, 2002, Pages 77-83

  Nych, A ^a   Voronin, M ^a   Pergamenshchik, V ^a   Kolomzarov, Yu ^b   Sorokin, V ^b   Nazarenko, V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Elastic constant; Liquid crystal; Phase retardation

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC THEORY; PHASE RETARDATION; POLAR ANCHORING STRENGTH;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 11144235594     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250290112953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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