Direct Electric-Field Induced Phase Transformation in Paraelectric Zirconia via Electrical Susceptibility Mismatch

On the Mechanics of Stress-induced Phase Transformation in Zirconia

SOME CONWJWENCX~ of a simple theoretical model for the stress-induced, isothermal phase transformation of an isolated tetragnnal zirconia crystal are studied. The transformation to a monoclinic state is viewed as mechanical buckling from one homogeneous geometrical configuration to another. The model is used to predict the manner in which an applied shear stress should interact with hydrostatic...

Direct measurement of electric-field-induced birefringence in a polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal composite.

We demonstrate a method to directly measure the electric-field-induced birefringence of a polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal (PS-BPLC) composite. The induced birefringence follows the extended Kerr effect well and is approximately 3X the ordinary refractive index change. The measured data are validated by comparing the simulated and measured voltage-dependent transmittance with an in-...

Effects of an external electric field on the ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition in polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer Langmuir-Blodgett films

Lipid rafts sense and direct electric field-induced migration.

Endogenous electric fields (EFs) are involved in developmental regulation and wound healing. Although the phenomenon is known for more than a century, it is not clear how cells perceive the external EF. Membrane proteins, responding to electrophoretic and electroosmotic forces, have long been proposed as the sensing molecules. However, specific charge modification of surface proteins did not ch...

Electric field-induced monodomain blue phase liquid crystals