Tilt plane orientation in antiferroelectric liquid crystal cells and the origin of the pretransitional effect

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 10-

  Rudquist, P ^a   Lagerwall, J P F ^a   Meier, J G ^a   D'have K ^a   Lagerwall, S T ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FREE ENERGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PERMITTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SWITCHING; TENSORS;

ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (AFLC); ELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC STATES; HORIZONTALLY SURFACE STABILIZED (HSS);

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 33751285004     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.061708     Document Type: Article

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