Electromechanical coupling in cholesteric liquid crystals

Madhusudana, N. V. ; Pratibha, R. (1987) Electromechanical coupling in cholesteric liquid crystals Molecular crystals and liquid crystals: Letters, 5 (2). pp. 43-51. ISSN 1055-5218

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Abstract

We report the first observation on the «Lehmann rotation» of the director configuration of flat cholesteric drops subjected to a DC electric field. This allows us to determine both the sign and the magnitude of the electromechanical coupling coefficient νE of the chiral liquid crystal.

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