Research Article
Liquid Crystals as Phase Change Materials for Thermal Stabilization
Figure 5
The degree of biaxiality in the absence of NPs for . Uniaxial state is presented in black; a maximum degree of biaxiality is presented in white. The diagonal structure is formed (a) in the absence of an external electric field, (b) for , and (c) for .
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