TEMPERATURE-INDUCED SURFACE TRANSITIONS IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL PLANAR-TILTED HYBRID-CELLS

Authors
MOLDOVAN R FRUNZA S BEICA T TINTARU M GHIORDANESCU V
Citation
R. Moldovan et al., TEMPERATURE-INDUCED SURFACE TRANSITIONS IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL PLANAR-TILTED HYBRID-CELLS, Crystal research and technology, 32(5), 1997, pp. 669-675
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Crystal research and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02321300
Volume
32
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
669 - 675
Database
ISI
SICI code
0232-1300(1997)32:5<669:TSTILP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Temperature induced surface transitions in liquid crystal hybrid cells with asymmetrical anchoring, planar to one surface and tilted to the other, are experimentally studied. The results are theoretically expla ined by an elastic theory and the resulting values for the effective s play-bend elastic constant for a given liquid crystal, as well as the parameters characterising the anchoring on the boundary surface with t ilted anchoring are compared with data from previous experiments, with good agreement.