Time resolved experimental analysis of the electric field induced biaxial order reconstruction in nematics

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Barberi, R ^a   Ciuchi, F ^a   Lombardo, G ^a   Bartolino, R ^a   Durand, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; TOPOLOGY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CURRENT SIGNALS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC DISTORTIONS; ELECTRO-OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; NEMATICS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 18144365912     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.137801     Document Type: Article

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