Spatial distortions of the orientational structure of a ferronematic in the presence of external fields
- Authors: Zakhlevnykh A.N.1, Petrov D.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Perm State University
- Issue: Vol 61, No 4 (2016)
- Pages: 531-540
- Section: Solid State
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7842/article/view/197047
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784216040265
- ID: 197047
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Abstract
Spatial distortions of the director field and magnetization of a ferronematic (suspension of magnetic nanoparticles in a nematic liquid crystal) that are induced by simultaneous action of electric and magnetic fields are studied with allowance for the flexoelectric polarization of the liquid-crystalline matrix. Soft coupling of liquid crystal and magnetic particles and layer boundaries is considered. The dependence of the phase lag of the transmitted light on the external magnetic field is analyzed.
About the authors
A. N. Zakhlevnykh
Perm State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: anz@psu.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Bukireva 15, Perm, 614990
D. A. Petrov
Perm State University
Email: anz@psu.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Bukireva 15, Perm, 614990