Flexoelectric switching in a bistable nematic device

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

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Davidson, A J ^a   Mottram, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; POLARIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

BISTABILITY; BISTABLE NEMATIC DEVICES; FLEXOELECTRIC SWITCHING; STABLE STATES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 41349118260     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.051710     Document Type: Article

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