Birefringence of Nematogenic Liquids Caused by Electrical Conduction
- 30 August 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 27 (9), 561-564
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.27.561
Abstract
Experiments are reported which show that the electrical birefringence of the isotropic phase of two nematic liquid crystals depends on electrical conductivity. It is argued that the conduction-induced alignment is due to local conduction anisotropy.Keywords
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