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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 38, Issue 8, 1005(2023)

Director distribution of nematic liquid crystals in a cylindrical cavity under electric field perpendicular to the cylindrical axis

Gui-jiao SUN, Yan-min LI, Yan-jun ZHANG^*, Hui ZHANG, Zhi-guang LI, Gui-li ZHENG, and Ji-liang ZHU

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School of Science, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China

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Gui-jiao SUN, Yan-min LI, Yan-jun ZHANG, Hui ZHANG, Zhi-guang LI, Gui-li ZHENG, Ji-liang ZHU. Director distribution of nematic liquid crystals in a cylindrical cavity under electric field perpendicular to the cylindrical axis[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2023, 38(8): 1005

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Feb. 22, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Oct. 9, 2023

The Author Email: Yan-jun ZHANG (zyj513@hebut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2023-0070

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