Effect of electric field on the phase transition from an isotropic liquid to a liquid crystal
Rotinyan T. A. , Ryumtsev E. I. , Yazikov S. B.
A study of the phase transition from an isotropic liquid to a liquid crystal in a strong pulsed electric field reveals deviations of the behavior of the induced anisotropy from the Kerr law. It is shown that the point of the phase transition may be altered by an electric field.