Shear electricity in cholesterics
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2014 From symmetry considerations it is possible to deduce that velocity gradients ought to induce electric polarizations in cholesteric liquid crystals. We show that flexoelectricity can be responsible for such a phenomenon. LE JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE TOME 39, JUIN 1978, Classification Physics Abstracts 61.30 77.60
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