Optical confirmation of biaxial nematic (Nb) phase in a bent-core mesogen

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Jang, Yun ^a   Panov, Vitaly P ^a   Kocot, Antoni ^a,c   Vij, J K ^a   Lehmann, A ^b   Tschierske, C ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL NEMATIC PHASE; BIAXIALITY; END GROUPS; HOMEOTROPIC; IN-BETWEEN; IN-PLANE ELECTRIC FIELDS; MESOGENES; OPTICAL SWITCHING; PHOTO-ELASTIC MODULATOR; PLANAR CELLS; SHARP INCREASE; SMECTIC PHASIS; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SWITCHABLE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 71049126238     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3255013     Document Type: Article

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