Uniform bookshelf alignment of chiral smecticCfilms with guided backflow
作者:
Antal Ja´kli,
Alfred Saupe,
期刊:
Journal of Applied Physics
(AIP Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 82,
issue 6
页码: 2877-2880
ISSN:0021-8979
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1063/1.366120
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
We describe a new technique to prepare cells of smecticC*films with a uniform bookshelf texture that can be bistably switched. This is achieved with a homeotropic surface coating with weak anchoring properties. The surface of one plate was modulated by parallel stripes of a polymer which hinder flow perpendicular to the stripes. This gives bias to field induced flow effects and enhances alignment by periodic switching. The resulting texture is uniform with smectic layers normal to the cover plates and parallel to the deposited stripes. The stripes also help to reheal textures with defects. ©1997 American Institute of Physics.
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