Alignment of Nematic Liquid Crystal(5CB) on the Treated Substrates: Characterization of Orientation Films, Generation of Pretilt Angles, and Surface Anchoring Strength

1993 ◽  
Vol 224 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Seo ◽  
H. Matsuda ◽  
T. Oh-ide ◽  
S. Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Surface Anchoring ◽  
Anchoring Strength ◽  
Pretilt Angles ◽  
Surface Anchoring Strength ◽  
Liquid Crystal 5Cb

scholarly journals Azimuthal Anchoring Strength in Photopatterned Alignment of a Nematic

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 675
Author(s):  
H. Nilanthi Padmini ◽  
Mojtaba Rajabi ◽  
Sergij V. Shiyanovskii ◽  
Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Point Defects ◽  
Elastic Energy ◽  
Separation Distance ◽  
Thin Layers ◽  
Uv Exposure ◽  
Surface Anchoring ◽  
Anchoring Strength ◽  
Spatially Varying

Spatially-varying director fields have become an important part of research and development in liquid crystals. Characterization of the anchoring strength associated with a spatially-varying director is difficult, since the methods developed for a uniform alignment are seldom applicable. Here we characterize the strength of azimuthal surface anchoring produced by the photoalignment technique based on plasmonic metamsaks. The measurements used photopatterned arrays of topological point defects of strength +1 and −1 in thin layers of a nematic liquid crystal. The integer-strength defects split into pairs of half-integer defects with lower elastic energy. The separation distance between the split pair is limited by the azimuthal surface anchoring, which allows one to determine the strength of the latter. The strength of the azimuthal anchoring is proportional to the UV exposure time during the photoalignment of the azobenzene layer.

Polar Anchoring Strength and the Temperature Dependence of Nematic Liquid Crystal (5CB) Aligned on Rubbed Polystyrene Films

1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (Part 1, No. 7) ◽  
pp. 2165-2169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae-Shik Seo ◽  
Koh-ichi Muroi ◽  
Toh-ru Isogami ◽  
Hideaki Matsuda ◽  
Shunsuke Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Anchoring Strength ◽  
Liquid Crystal 5Cb
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