Computer simulation of bistable switching in a nematic device containing pear-shaped particles

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 425, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 44-48

  Barmes, F ^a   Cleaver, D J ^b  

^a Centre Europeen de Calcul Atomique et Moleculaire   (France)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLARIZATION;

DIPOLAR FIELD; FLEXOELECTRIC FLUID; PEAR-SHAPED PARTICLES; POLARITY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33744985444     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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