Flexoelectric Polarization in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Enhanced by Dopants with Different Molecular Shape Polarities
Miha Škarabot, N. J. Mottram, Supreet Kaur, Corrie T. Imrie, Ewan Forsyth, John M. D. Storey, Rafał Mazur, Wiktor Piecek, L. Komitov
Abstract
) was estimated for the hockey stick dopants SK 1-6 and SK 1-8 to be 0.182 and 0.204 nC/m, respectively. The obtained flexoelectric polarization of these dopants is among the highest reported in the literature so far.
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Liquid crystalDopantFlexoelectricityMaterials scienceDopingElectric fieldPolarization (electrochemistry)Condensed matter physicsChemical physicsOpticsOptoelectronicsChemistryPhysical chemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsPlant Reproductive Biology