Flexo-electric domain

Note A flexo-electric domain occurs when Ae< Anel/K where e is the flexo-electric coefficient and K is the elastic constant, assuming Ki = Kt, = K and e = -e = e (see Definitions 5.3 and 5.16). 

P. Schiller, C. Pelzl and D. Demus, Analytical theory for flexo-electric domains in nematic layer, Cryst. Res. Technol. 25(1), 111 116, (1990). 

Domain corresponding to a periodic deformation caused by the inverse flexo-electric effect in a nematic liquid crystal. 

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