Changes in the electro-optical behaviour of ferroelectric liquid crystal mixture via silica nanoparticles doping

Optical Materials

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1878-1884

  Neeraj, ^a   Kumar, Pankaj ^b   Raina, K K ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CHITKARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Electro optic; Ferroelectric liquid crystal; Optical contrast; Polarization; Silica nanoparticles; Tilt angle

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FERROELECTRICITY; MIXTURES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; POLARIZATION; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ELECTRO-OPTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURE; ISOTROPIC TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL CONTRAST; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS; TILT ANGLE;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84875366073     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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