Drifting undulations in an achiral smectic C liquid crystal driven by a static electric field

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2423-2426

  Krishnamurthy, K S ^a   Kumar, Pramoda ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

DRIFTING UNDULATIONS; FIELD POLARITIES; PROPAGATION VELOCITY; STATIC ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 34047247514     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0704719     Document Type: Article

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