A SIMPLE-MODEL FOR PRETILTED NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL MEDIUM AND ITS TORSIONAL SURFACE COUPLING STRENGTH

被引:115
作者
SUGIYAMA, T
KUNIYASU, S
SEO, D
FUKURO, H
KOBAYASHI, S
机构
[1] TOKYO UNIV AGR & TECHNOL,FAC TECHNOL,KOGANEI,TOKYO 184,JAPAN
[2] NISSAN CHEM IND CO LTD,CHIBA 290,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1990年 / 29卷 / 10期
关键词
Alkyl branched polyimide; Excluded volume effect; Iretilted nematic LC; Steric interaction; Torsional coupling strength;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.29.2045
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
An explanation for the mechanism generating a pretilted nematic liquid crystal conformation aligned on rubbed alkylbranched-polyimide layers is given based on a steric interaction model. An analytical calculation using this model was shown to agree fairly well with the data of torsional coupling strength obtained in this work. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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页码:2045 / 2051
页数:7
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