Coexistence of polar and nonpolar domains and their photocontrol in the B7 phase of a bent-core liquid crystal containing azo dyes

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

Volumn 69, Issue 6 1, 2004, Pages

  Kim, Heekyung ^a,c   Lim, Tong Kun ^a   Shin, Sung Tae ^a   Lee, Chong Kwang ^b   Araoka, Fumito ^c   Ofuji, Masato ^c   Takanishi, Yoichi ^c   Takezoe, Hideo ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BIREFRINGENCE; FERROELECTRICITY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

LAYER REORIENTATION; PHOTOCONTROL; RODLIKE LIQUID CRYSTALS; SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION (SHG);

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 42749102851     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.061701     Document Type: Article

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