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Original Articles

Whirl Electrohydrodynamic Instability in Smectic a Phase Liquid Crystals

Pages 143-148 | Received 16 Jul 1983, Published online: 21 Mar 2007
 

Abstract

In planar oriented layers of smectic A phase a new type of instability, appearing as axial whirl, is observed and investigated. The system of lines with homeotropic orientation of molecules is necessary for creation of such kind of instability.

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