Measurement of the twist elastic constant of nematic liquid crystals using pi-cell devices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Brimicombe, P D ^a,b   Kischka, C ^a   Elston, S J ^a   Raynes, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELASTIC CONSTANTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

PICELL DEVICES; STATE THRESHOLDS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33847675785     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2432311     Document Type: Article

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