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Pumping Liquid Crystals

Zhong Zou, Noel A. Clark

Physical Review Letters · 1995 · 20 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

We observe mass pumping of a ferroelectric smectic-C liquid crystal induced by an applied ac voltage. The flow is unidirectional, reflecting the chirality of the system. An elastohydrodynamic model of the smectic-C phase is used to explain the observations.

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