Electroclinic effect and modulated phases in smectic liquid crystals

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

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Meyer, Robert B ^a   Pelcovits, Robert A ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; ELECTROCLINIC EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATED PHASES;

BIREFRINGENCE; CHOLESTEROL; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREE ENERGY; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349110184     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.061704     Document Type: Article

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