Measurement of the Kerr effect in cholesteric blue phases
- 1 December 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 8 (6) , 851-860
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02678299008047395
Abstract
The electric field induced birefringence within the blue phases and the isotropic phase of several different liquid crystals has been measured. The temperature dependences within the blue phases are found to be strong, characteristically different for each phase, and unlike what is predicted by simple theoretical arguments.Keywords
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