Detection of flexoelectric effect from 4-heptyloxy- 4′ -cyanobiphenyl monolayers at an air-water interface by Maxwell displacement current and optical second harmonic generation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 16, 2005, Pages

  Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Taguchi, Dai ^a   Manaka, Takaaki ^a   Iwamoto, Mitsumasa ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREWSTER ANGLE MICROSCOPY (BAM); FLEXOELECTRIC EFFECTS; LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS; MAXWELL DISPLACEMENT CURRENT (MDC);

FATTY ACIDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; POLYNOMIALS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 21244463937     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1884597     Document Type: Article

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