Title: Anisotropic Excluded Volume Effect and Alignment of Nematic Liquid Crystal in a Sandwich Cell
Abstract:It is shown that the orientation dependent excluded volume interaction between elongated nematic molecules and the cell walls always favors the planar alignment of nematic liquid crystals. For thermot...It is shown that the orientation dependent excluded volume interaction between elongated nematic molecules and the cell walls always favors the planar alignment of nematic liquid crystals. For thermotropic liquid crystals the anchoring energy of this effect amounts to several erg/cm 2 .Read More
Publication Year: 1983
Publication Date: 1983-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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