Publication | Closed Access
Anisotropic Excluded Volume Effect and Alignment of Nematic Liquid Crystal in a Sandwich Cell
61
Citations
2
References
1983
Year
Materials ScienceCrystal StructureEngineeringNematic Liquid CrystalPhysicsPlanar AlignmentNatural SciencesInterfacial PhenomenonMolecular BiologyNematic Liquid CrystalsOrientation DependentSandwich CellSoft MatterCrystal FormationCrystallographyBiophysics
It is shown that the orientation dependent excluded volume interaction between elongated nematic molecules and the cell walls always favors the planar alignment of nematic liquid crystals. For thermotropic liquid crystals the anchoring energy of this effect amounts to several erg/cm 2 .
| Year | Citations | |
|---|---|---|
Page 1
Page 1