Measurement of the difference in flexoelectric coefficients of nematic liquid crystals using a twisted nematic geometry

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Ewings, R A ^a   Kischka, C ^a   Parry Jones, L A ^a   Elston, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

FLEXOELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS; FLEXOELECTRIC-OPTIC EFFECTS; IONIC SCREENING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 32844454447     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.011713     Document Type: Article

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