Periodic pattern formation in an achiral bent core nematic

We investigated a periodic flexoelectric domain pattern, which appeared as regular parallel stripes in an achiral bent core nematic liquid crystal when dc electric field was applied. We found that such a pattern was first formed at the substrate surface and took place in sandwich cells with a gap la...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Omaima Elamain, Gurumurthy Hegde, Lachezar Komitov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2018-09-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5040566