Bistability in dual-frequency nematic liquid crystals

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-59

  Palto, S P ^a   Barnik, M I ^a  

^a SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bistability; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

BISTABLE SWITCHING; CONTROL SWITCHING; DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPIES; DIRECTOR FIELDS; DRIVING METHOD; DUAL FREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33846379147     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-006-0056-3     Document Type: Article

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