A new threshold flexoelectric instability in nematic liquid crystals

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dc.contributor.author	Raghunathan, V.A.	-
dc.contributor.author	Madhusudana, N.V.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2007-05-19T10:46:16Z	-
dc.date.available	2007-05-19T10:46:16Z	-
dc.date.issued	1989	-
dc.identifier.citation	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Letters, 1989, Vol.6, p103-111	en
dc.identifier.issn	0140-6566	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2352	-
dc.description	Restricted Access.	en
dc.description.abstract	We predict a new type of flexoelectric instability in a homogeneously aligned nematic liquid crystal under a DC electric field. The instability sets in at a critical value of the field applied normal to the undistorted director and in the plane parallel to the bounding plates. It is characterized by a uniform non-planar distortion of the director field involving both polar angles θ and Φ and has a threshold lower than that of the- twist Freedericksz transition.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.	en
dc.rights	1989 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V.	en
dc.title	A new threshold flexoelectric instability in nematic liquid crystals	en
dc.type	Article	en
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