Comment on "dynamics of electro-optical switching processes in surface stabilized biaxial nematic phase found in bent-core liquid crystal" [J. Appl. Phys. 101, 034105 (2007)]

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Stannarius, Ralf ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

BIAXIAL NEMATIC PHASE; ELECTRO-OPTICAL SWITCHING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MESOGEN; NEMATIC PHASES; OPTICAL EXPERIMENTS;

LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY;

EID: 49749149738     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2963702     Document Type: Review

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3. This figure contains an obvious misprint in the last column (E< Eth).
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6. We will refer to m as the second director in a biaxial nematic phase.