Selected macroscopic consequences of tetrahedratic order

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 315, Issue , 2005, Pages 165-172

  Brand, H R ^a,b,c   Cladis, P E ^b   Pleiner, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b ALCT   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Banana smectics; Chiral invariants; Cross coupling terms; Field effects; Macroscopic dynamics; Symmetries; Tetrahedratic order

Indexed keywords

BANANA SMECTICS; CHIRAL INVARIANTS; CROSS COUPLING TERMS; FIELD EFFECTS; MACROSCOPIC DYNAMICS; TETRAHEDRATIC ORDER;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRESSES;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33746592875     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190490509656     Document Type: Article

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