Hysteresis of Light Induced Fréedericks Transition due to the Static Electric Field
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- liquid crystals
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 116 (1-2), 111-114
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948408072498
Abstract
It is shown that when a quasistatic electric field (not inducing the Freedericks transition) is applied to a cell with a nematic liquid crystal (NLC), a hysteresis can arise in the dependence of the NLC director reorientation on the intensity. The critical tension of the static field inducing hysteresis is calculated.Keywords
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