Consequences of director-density coupling theory for flexoelectricity in nematic liquid crystals.

Vitoriano, Carlindo; Sátiro, Caio · Phys Rev E · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We theoretically study how the measurements of the flexoelectric coefficients in nematic liquid crystals are affected by the inclusion of the director-density coupling energy. It is shown that this investigation is quite relevant for interpreting the data of experiments.