A study of the director distribution using deuterium NMR spectroscopy and simultaneous in situ observation of the light transmittance for a nematic subject to magnetic, electric and surface fields

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 891-896

  Asaka, Daigo ^a   Dunn, Christopher J ^a   Luckhurst, Geoffrey R ^b   Miyamoto, Tetsuo ^c   Sugimura, Akihiko ^a   Timimi, Bakir A ^b  

^a OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c JEOL LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deuterium NMR spectroscopy; Director orientation; Light transmittance; Liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

DEUTERIUM NMR SPECTROSCOPY; DIRECTOR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33745250535     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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