Elastic Resonance of a Liquid-Crystal Blue Phase
- 2 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 52 (1), 57-60
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.52.57
Abstract
The blue phase of cholesteryl oleate is shown to exhibit the macroscopic shear elasticity expected for a three-dimensionally ordered structure. The first measurements of blue-phase elastic constants are presented.Keywords
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