Defect loops in the zenithal bistable display

Digest of Technical Papers - SID International Symposium

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1034-1037

  Day, Sally E ^a   Willman, Eero ^a   James, Richard ^a   Fernández, F Aníbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

BISTABLES; GRATING SURFACE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TWO-STATE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 54549100276     PISSN: 0097966X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1889/1.3069309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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