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Observation of a hexagonal blue phase in systems with negative dielectric anisotropy

Heppke et al., 1989

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10933177997069875956
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Heppke G
Jerome B
Kitzerow H
Pieranski P
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Liquid Crystals

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The occurrence of a three dimensional hexagonal blue phase BPH (possible space groups P6222 and P6422) in materials with negative dielectric anisotropy ϵa= ϵ∥-ϵ⊊ has been detected by the investigation of Kossel diagrams. This is the first observation of a field …
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