Steady State–Hopf Mode Interactions at the Onset of Electroconvection in the Nematic Liquid Crystal Phase V

Steady State–Hopf Mode Interactions at the Onset of Electroconvection in the Nematic Liquid Crystal Phase V

We report on a new mode interaction found in electroconvection experiments on the nematic liquid crystal mixture Phase V in planar geometry. The mode interaction (codimension two) point occurs at a critical value of the frequency of the driving AC voltage. For frequencies below this value the primar...

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Main Authors: Iuliana Oprea, James Gleeson, Gerhard Dangelmayr, Gyanu Acharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-07-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
nematic liquid crystals
electrohydrodynamic convection
mode interactions
pattern formation
amplitude equations
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/12/7/4488/

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