Time-resolved measurements of the dynamics of the photoinduced smectic-C*α-smectic-A transition

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

Volumn 67, Issue 5 1, 2003, Pages

  Prasad, S Krishna ^a   Sandhya, K L ^a   Shankar Rao, D S ^a   Negi, Y S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY C MET   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE;

LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOINDUCED SMECTIC TRANSITION; SOFT MODE RELAXATION FREQUENCY; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 42749102028     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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