Oscillatory convective instabilities in cholesteric and smectic A liquid crystals
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique Lettres
- Vol. 41 (16) , 383-386
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyslet:019800041016038300
Abstract
We predict the occurrence of an oscillatory convective instability when a planar texture of cholesteric or smectic A liquid crystals is heated from belowKeywords
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