Visualization and description of the macroscopic biaxiality of nematic liquid crystals: the first steps

  • Pergamenshchik, V.M. (Dept. of Display and Semiconductor Physics, Korea University)
  • Published : 2008.10.13

Abstract

How one can see that a nematic is indeed biaxial ? I consider some macroscopic effects in the basic biaxial cells and present results of the recent observation of the macroscopic biaxiality in the bent-core mesogens "C7" and "C12" [1,2].

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