Theoretical analysis of the magnetic Fréedericksz transition in the presence of flexoelectricity and ionic contamination

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Smith, A A T ^a   Brown, C V ^a   Mottram, N J ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IONIC CONDUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLARIZATION;

FLEXOELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; STATIC DIRECTOR DISTORTION; VOLTAGE INDEPENDENT DENSITY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 34247278644     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.041704     Document Type: Article

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