Motion, creation, and annihilation of disclinations in multidomain structured nematic liquid crystal cells

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Reichenstein, M ^a   Stark, H ^b   Stelzer, J ^c   Trebin, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SWITCHING; TORQUE;

DISCLINATIONS; MULTIDOMAIN STRUCTURED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; TWISTED NEMATIC (TN) CELLS; TWISTING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 37649031866     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.011709     Document Type: Article

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