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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.239, 263-267, 1994
Evidence for Flexoelectric Effects in Pallated Metallorganic Liquid-Crystals
We report the first observation of flexoelectricity in a new class of liquid crystalline materials : the metallorganic liquid crystal azocompound obtained by complexation with palladium. From our experimental data we can estimate both the values of the flexoelectric constants e = e(1) - e(3) and of the viscosity coefficient gamma(1). The obtained value of e for these unusual materials are found to be similar to that of usual nematics.