Electric-Field Induced Transitions in a Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Film with Negative Dielectric Anisotropy
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Electric-Field Induced Transitions in a Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Film with Negative Dielectric Anisotropy E. C. Gartland Jr.1 ∗, H. Huang1, O. D. Lavrentovich2, P. Palffy-Muhoray2, I. I. Smalyukh3, T. Kosa4, and B. Taheri4 1Department of Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA 2Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA 3Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA 4AlphaMicron, Inc., 277 Martinel Drive, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
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