DEPENDENCE OF LIQUID-CRYSTAL BULK ALIGNMENT ON ITS SURFACE MONOLAYER

Authors
ZHUANG X MARRUCCI L JOHANNSMANN D SHEN YR
Citation
X. Zhuang et al., DEPENDENCE OF LIQUID-CRYSTAL BULK ALIGNMENT ON ITS SURFACE MONOLAYER, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 262, 1995, pp. 35-43
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals → ACNP
ISSN journal
1058725X
Volume
262
Year of publication
1995
Pages
35 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-725X(1995)262:<35:DOLBAO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Liquid crystal bulk alignment, including the pretilt angle, on rubbed polyimide is related, using a biaxial Landau-de Gennes model, to the o rientational distribution of its surface monolayer. The predicted corr elation can be experimentally verified, using optical second harmonic generation to probe the liquid crystal surface monolayer and linear op tics to measure the bulk alignment.