Abstract
A simple method combining macroscopic and microscopic features is proposed to calculate approximate values for Meyer's piezoelectric coefficients. The numerical result suggests that the piezoelectricity of liquid crystals is weak and its effect on alignment fluctuations mostly negligible.
Received: 1971-2-9
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1971-5-1
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