PUMPING LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
ZOU Z CLARK N
Citation
Z. Zou et N. Clark, PUMPING LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Physical review letters, 75(9), 1995, pp. 1799-1802
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
75
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1799 - 1802
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1995)75:9<1799:PL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We observe mass pumping of a ferroelectric smectic-C liquid crystal in duced by an applied ac voltage. The flow is unidirectional, reflecting the chirality of the system. An elastohydrodynamic model of the smect ic-C phase is used to explain the observations.