Y. Saitoh et A. Lien, An improved azimuthal anchoring energy measurement method using liquid crystals with different chiralities, JPN J A P 1, 39(4A), 2000, pp. 1743-1746
An improved method for measuring the azimuthal anchoring energy of liquid c
rystals has been developed. Without knowing the easy axes of the cells prec
isely, it is possible to measure their anchoring energy precisely, using th
e same liquid crystals but with different chiralities for the divided cells
. The principles and measurements are discussed.