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Title: | Electromechanical coupling in cholesteric liquid crystals |
Authors: | Madhusudana, N.V. Pratibha, R. |
Issue Date: | 1987 |
Publisher: | Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. |
Citation: | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Letters, 1987, Vol.5, p43-51 |
Abstract: | We report the first observation on the 'Lehmann rotation' of the director configuration of flat cholesteric drops subjected to a DC electric field. This allows us to determine both the sign and the magnitude of the electromechanical coupling coeffi- cient VE of the chiral liquid crystal, which is approx 2x10-5 q in cgs units, where q is the wavevector of the helix, whose sign is positive (negative) for a right (left) handed cholesteric. |
Description: | Restricted Access. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2982 |
ISSN: | 0140-6566 |
Copyright: | 1987 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V. |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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