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The Electrohydrodynamical Transient instability region in Smectic C liquid crystals
Author(s) -
Petrov M.,
Simova P.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.2170190521
Subject(s) - instability , transient (computer programming) , liquid crystal , diffraction , domain (mathematical analysis) , dielectric , optics , materials science , condensed matter physics , physics , mechanics , optoelectronics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , computer science , operating system
The hydrodynamical instability transient region between conducting („initial” domains) and dielectric („fundamental” domains) regimes in smectic C is investigated. Two‐dimensional domain structure and two‐dimensional coherent light diffraction is observed in the transient region. A comparison with electrohydrodynamical instability transient region in nematics is presented.
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