Concerning a new type of instability in liquid crystals
Tikhomirova N.A., Ginzberg A.V., Kirsanov E.A., Bobyshev Yu.P., Pikin S.A., Adomenas P.V.
A new type of azimuthal orientational instability, produced by the electric field, has been observed in the nematic phase of liquid crystals at temperatures close to the temperatures of the transition to the smectic phase. A possible explanation of the observed effect is proposed.