A method for enlarging the Kerr constant of polymer-stabilised blue phases

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 947-951

  Iwata, Takashi ^a,b   Suzuki, Ken ^a   Higuchi, Hiroki ^b   Kikuchi, Hirotsugu ^b  

^a NOF Corporation   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Blue phase; Kerr effects; Polymer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350161988     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290903165482     Document Type: Article

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