Dynamics of the Orientation of a Nematic-Liquid-Crystal Film in a Variable Magnetic Field
- 26 June 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 28 (26), 1681-1683
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.28.1681
Abstract
The transient distortions, induced in a nematic film by a stepwise increase (or decrease) of the magnetic field around the threshold value , are accurately measured by conoscopic techniques. The results can be interpreted by the Leslie equations and provide a measurement of a viscosity coefficient.
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