Thesis
Flexoelectric and dielectric phenomena in helicoidal liquid crystals
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The unique features of flexoelectric and dielectric effects are investigated, and exploited for a variety of functions, in a wide range of helicoidal liquid crystal systems, including non-chiral, cholesteric and blue phases.
Electrooptic techniques are developed to measure flexoelectric parameters in non-chiral and cholesteric liquid crystals using twisted nematic and Grandjean geometries respectively. A crystal rotation method, and using a lock-in amplifier, is used to enable the m...
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+ Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council: Merck UK
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Outram, B
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2013
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- ora:9732
- Deposit date:
- 2015-01-13
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- Copyright holder:
- Benjamin Outram
- Copyright date:
- 2013
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