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dc.contributor.authorTanaka, Shingo-
dc.contributor.authorDhara, Surajit-
dc.contributor.authorSadashiva, B.K.-
dc.contributor.authorShimbo, Yoshio-
dc.contributor.authorTakanishi, Yoichi-
dc.contributor.authorAraoka, Fumito-
dc.contributor.authorIshikawa, Ken-
dc.contributor.authorTakezoe, Hideo-
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-28T10:52:01Z-
dc.date.available2008-06-28T10:52:01Z-
dc.date.issued2008-04-
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review E, 2008, Vol.77, 041708en
dc.identifier.issnE-ISSN: 1550-2376-
dc.identifier.issnP-ISSN: 1539-3755-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/3572-
dc.descriptionOpen Access.en
dc.description.abstractWe report an unusual electroconvection in the nematic phase of a bent-core liquid crystal. In a voltage-frequency diagram, two frequency regions exhibiting prewavy stripe patterns were found, as reported by Wiant et al. We found that these stripes never show extinction dark when cells were rotated under crossed polarizers. Based on the color interchange in between neighboring stripes by the rotation of the cells or an analyzer, twisted molecular orientation is suggested; i.e., the directors are alternately twisted from the top to the bottom surfaces with a pretilt angle in adjacent stripes, which is an analogue of the twisted (splayed) structure observed in surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal cells. The transmittance spectra calculated using the 4×4 matrix method from the model structure are consistent with the experimental observation.en
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dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.041708en
dc.rights2008 American Physical Societyen
dc.titleAlternating twist structures formed by electroconvection in the nematic phase of an achiral bent-core moleculeen
dc.typeArticleen
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