Abstract
Transient and steady electric currents through a pentyl-cyano-biphenyl nematic liquid crystal cell have been studied under and without external photo-irradiation. The importance of space-charge effects has been demonstrated.
Acknowledgment
AMG and AIV are grateful to Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego, Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN, and Fundacja Zygmunta Zaleskiego as well as to Project N 23 of the 2009-2011 Scientific Cooperation Agreement between Poland and Ukraine for the financial support of their visits to Warsaw. AMG is grateful to the 2010 Visitors Programs of the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Dresden, Germany) for the support of his study.