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Fluorescence study of a field-induced director reorientation in a liquid crystalline polyacrylate
M Van Damme1, J Hofkens, F C De Schryver
1Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuvan, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001, Heverlee, Belgium.
Journal of Fluorescence
|November 19, 2013
Abstract:
The electric field-induced director reorientation is investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy and turbidimetry. The dynamics of this reorientation are studied as a function of temperature, applied voltage, and frequency.

