Does the electric Lehmann effect exist in cholesteric liquid crystals?

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-166

  Dequidt, A ^a   Oswald, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXOELECTRICITY; LEHMANN EFFECT;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; TEXTURES;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CHOLESTEROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 36749023217     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10226-0     Document Type: Article

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