Thickness dependence of the anchoring energy of a nematic cell

被引：12

作者：

Ataalla, R. M. S. ^{[1
]}

Barbero, G. ^{[2
]}

Komitov, L. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Phys, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden

[2] Politecn Torino, Dept Appl Sci & Technol, I-10129 Turin, Italy

来源：

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS | 2013年 / 113卷 / 16期

关键词：

LIQUID-CRYSTAL; TRANSITION; ADSORPTION;

D O I：

10.1063/1.4802677

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The cell gap thickness dependence of the anchoring energy strength of a nematic cell is investigated. The relaxation time of the elastic deformation of a nematic liquid crystal layer imposed by an external electric field is analyzed as a function of the thickness of the nematic layer. The measurements have been performed with conventional sandwich cells with cell gap ranging from 1 mu m to 10 mu m. According to our data, the anchoring energy strength is not only a characteristic of the interface substrate-nematic liquid crystal but it also depends strongly on the cell thickness. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC

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