Special optical geometry for measuring twist elastic module K22 and rotational viscosity γ1 of nematic liquid crystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Dubtsov, A V ^a   Pasechnik, S V ^a,b   Shmeliova, D V ^a   Tsvetkov, V A ^a   Chigrinov, V G ^b  

^a MIREA RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULES; IN PLANES; NEMATIC LC; OPTICAL GEOMETRIES; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENTS; ROTATIONAL VISCOSITIES; ROTATIONAL VISCOSITY COEFFICIENTS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; VISCOSITY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 65549099615     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3129864     Document Type: Article

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