Asymmetric Freedericksz transitions from symmetric liquid crystal cells doped with harvested ferroelectric nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 17339-17345

  Cook, G ^a,b   Reshetnyak, V Yu ^c   Ziolo, R F ^d   Basun, S A ^a,b   Banerjee, P P ^e   Evans, D R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN QUÍMICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; FREEDERICKSZ TRANSITION; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; SINGLE DOMAINS;

FERROELECTRICITY;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

ELECTRICITY; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77955607960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.017339     Document Type: Article

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