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The stabilization by a high-frequency electric field, of stationary and nonstationary unstable states induced in a nematic liquid crystal by a low-frequency electric field is observed. A theory of the phenomenon is constructed using a hydrodynamic description of the liquid crystal.
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Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 68, No. 11, 839–843 (10 December 1998)
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Lev, B.I., Sarbei, O.G., Frolova, E.K. et al. High-frequency stabilization of nonlinear dissipative structures in nematic liquid crystals. Jetp Lett. 68, 881–886 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.567809
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