title: Comment on "On the threshold characteristics of the flexoelectric domains arising in a homogeneous electric field: the case of anisotropic elasticity" by Y.G. Marinov and H.P. Hinov.
abstract: It is demonstrated that the key findings of the paper by Y.G. Marinov and H.P. Hinov, Eur. Phys. J. E 31, 179-189 (2010), are in direct conflict with the general physical background of flexoelectric domains. This is caused by a methodological error in the theoretical analysis of the paper.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany. alexei.krekhov@uni-bayreuth.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krekhov
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pesch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buka
mesh_terms: D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular