Authors

S. J. Jeong; P. Sureshkumar; K. U. Jeong; A. K. Srivastava; S. H. Lee; S. H. Jeong; Y. H. Lee; R. B. Lu;S. T. Wu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Express

Keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSOLIDS; FIELD; CELL; Optics

Abstract

Unusual double four-lobe nematic liquid crystal (LC) textures were observed in the carbon nanotube (CNT)-doped nematic LC under electric field. Through the electro-optical studies in a wide range of vertical electric fields in the direction of the long axis of the LC molecules, it was realized that the double four-lobe nematic LC textures were formed in the range of 120 to 160 V-rms at 1 Hz. The formation of these unusual double four-lobe nematic LC textures could originate from the electric field-induced movement of CNTs and the subsequently frustrated reorientation of LCs.

Journal Title

Optics Express

Volume

15

Issue/Number

18

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

11698

Last Page

11705

WOS Identifier

WOS:000249339800070

ISSN

1094-4087

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