Dielectric and hydrodynamic instabilities in certain classes of discotic mesophases
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 38 (1) , 11-13
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.92118
Abstract
The aim of this letter is to give a short description of some electro‐optical effects which are observed in a DF phase of disklike molecules. We point out the existence of dielectric and electrohydrodynamic instabilities. The last one is the experimental evidence of the interesting situation of an anisotropic liquid with εa≳0σa<0 in the homeotropic configuration. These electro‐optic effects can be useful in display applications of the discotic phases.Keywords
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