Conoscopic observations of a homeotropically aligned antiferroelectric liquid crystal device: A comparison of theory and experiment

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 12B, 2002, Pages L1485-L1487

  Parry Jones, Lesley ^a   Kriezis, Emmanuoil ^a,b   Elston, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antiferroelectric; Conoscopy; Elastic constant; Helix; Homeotropic; Interlayer coupling; Liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROELECTRICITY; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GROUND STATE; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

ANTI FERROELECTRICS; CONOSCOPY; HELIX; HOMEOTROPIC; INTERLAYER COUPLING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 4243628803     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.41.L1485     Document Type: Article

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