Ultraslow oscillation of nematic disclination after abrupt switching of DC voltage

Takuya Yanagimachi, Mafumi Hishida, Yasuhisa Yamamura, Kazuya Saito

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Abstract

The slow damped oscillation of a nematic disclination was observed after an abrupt (stepwise) change in the DC electric field. The oscillation was not observed under a high-frequency AC field. These results imply that molecular reorientation influences disclination dynamics after abrupt switching. An effective model, which is not a simple elastic theory, was proposed to analyze the results.

Original languageEnglish
Article number033601
Journaljournal of the physical society of japan
Volume84
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Mar 15
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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