Electrorheological Model Based on Liquid Crystals Membranes with Applications to Outer Hair Cells

Electrorheological Model Based on Liquid Crystals Membranes with Applications to Outer Hair Cells

Liquid crystal flexoelectric actuation uses an imposed electric field to create membrane bending, this phenomenon is found in outer hair cells (OHC) located in the inner ear, whose role is to amplify sound through the generation of mechanical power. Oscillations in the OHC membranes create periodic...

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Main Authors: Edtson Emilio Herrera Valencia, Alejandro D. Rey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Fluids
Subjects:
flexoelectric membrane actuation
flexoelectric-driven viscoelastic capillary flow
rheological transfer function in outer hair cells
electromotility
Fourier formalism
Jeffreys constitutive equation
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/3/2/35

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