Electric-field-induced nematic-cholesteric transition and three-dimensional director structures in homeotropic cells

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

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Smalyukh, I I ^a,b   Senyuk, B I ^a,b   Palffy Muhoray, P ^a,b   Lavrentovich, O D ^a,b   Huang, H ^a,b   Gartland Jr , E C ^a,b   Bodnar, V H ^b   Kosa, T ^b   Taheri, B ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alpha Micron Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; TRANSPARENCY;

DIRECTOR STRUCTURES; HOMEOTROPIC STRUCTURE; HOMEOTROPIC UNWOUND; MODULATED VOLTAGES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33244493057     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.061707     Document Type: Article

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