Spatial Period of Bend Oscillations in the Dielectric Electrohydrodynamical Instability of a Nematic Liquid Crystal
- 1 July 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 6 (1), 484-487
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.6.484
Abstract
We observed the spatial period of "chevrons" in an ac-excited sample of room-temperature nematic methoxy benzylidene buty1 aniline. The frequency dependence of the period is explained by the increase in the dielectric relaxation rate due to ionic diffusion currents, with a normal diffusion constant.Keywords
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