| Abstract |
We report on a thermodielectric bistability in dual frequency nematic liquid crystals (LCs) caused by the anisotropic nature of dielectric heating and director reorientation in an electric field. The bistability is a result of the positive feedback loop: director reorientation -> anisotropic dielectric heating -> dielectric anisotrophy -> director reorientation. We demonstrate both experimentally and theoretically that two states with different temperature and director orientation, namely, a cold planar state and a hot homeotropic state coexist in a LC cell for a certain frequency and amplitude range of the applied voltage.
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| Recommended Citation |
Yin, Ye; Shiyanovskii, Sergij V.; Lavrentovich, Oleg (2007). Thermodielectric Bistability in Dual Frequency Nematic Liquid Crystal. Physical Review Letters 98(9) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.097801. Retrieved from https://oaks.kent.edu/cpippubs/221
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Copyright 2007 American Physical Society. Available on publisher's site at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.097801