Piezoelectric and electric-field-induced properties of a ferroelectric bent-core liquid crystal

Advanced Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 3784-3788

  Jákli, Antal ^a   Pintre, Inmaculada C ^b   Serrano, José Luis ^b   Ros, M Blanca ^b   De La Fuente, M Rosario ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRICITY; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ADAMANTANES; BENT-CORE LIQUID CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELD INDUCED; FERROELECTRIC PHASE; PIEZO-TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRIC CONSTANT; REVERSIBLE SWITCHING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 70349768146     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200900131     Document Type: Article

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