The influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix, grandjean and twisted nematic structures

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1355-1364

  Salter, P S ^a   Kischka, C ^a   Elston, S J ^a   Raynes, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chirality; Flexoelectricity; Nematic

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149125042     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290903233991     Document Type: Article

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