title: Magnetic control of flexoelectric domains in a nematic fluid.
abstract: The formation of flexoelectric stripe patterns (flexodomains) was studied under the influence of external electric and magnetic fields in a nematic liquid crystal. The critical voltage and wavevector of flexodomains were investigated in different geometries by both experiments and simulations. It is demonstrated that upon altering the orientation of the magnetic field with respect to the director, the critical voltage and wavenumber behave substantially differently. In the geometry of the twist Freedericksz transition, a non-monotonic behavior as a function of the magnetic field was found.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. salamon.peter@wigner.mta.hu.
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salamon
authors.forename: Nándor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Éber
authors.forename: Ágnes
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Buka
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ostapenko
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dölle
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stannarius