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Molecular director and layer response of chevron surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals to low electric field

Paula C. Willis Condensed Matter Laboratory, Department of Physics and Optoelectronic, Computing Systems Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309-0390, U.S.A.
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Noel A. Clark Condensed Matter Laboratory, Department of Physics and Optoelectronic, Computing Systems Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309-0390, U.S.A.
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Cyrus R. Safinya Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Annandale, New Jersey, 08801, U.S.A.
Pages 581-592 | Received 09 Apr 1991, Accepted 15 Oct 1991, Published online: 24 Sep 2006

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Lidia Mrad & Daniel Phillips. (2017) Dynamic analysis of chevron structures in liquid crystal cells. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 647:1, pages 66-91.
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