Verification of Leslie's expression for the threshold field of a twisted nematic cell

Karat, P. P. ; Madhusudana, N. V. (1977) Verification of Leslie's expression for the threshold field of a twisted nematic cell Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 40 (1). pp. 171-175. ISSN 1542-1406

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Abstract

By using an optical system sensitive to small changes in birefringence, we have measured the Leslie threshold field for distorition in a twisted nematic (TN) cell. The compound used in the measurement was 4'-n-heptyl-4-cyanobiphenyl (7CB) for which we have independently measured all the three elastic constants. With these data we have verified Leslie's expression for the threshold field for the TN cell.

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