Prewetting transition induced by an external bulk field
作者:
I. LELIDIS,
期刊:
Liquid Crystals
(Taylor Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 25,
issue 4
页码: 531-536
ISSN:0267-8292
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1080/026782998206056
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The Landau-de Gennes model of the boundary layer phase transition in nematic liquid crystals is extended to include electric field effects. Calculations are performed in the case of a semi-infinite nematic sample bounded by a solid wall. The phase diagrams presented show that the prewetting transition can be induced by the electric field. The transition moves to higher temperature with increasing field and disappears above the prewetting critical point. A system exhibiting partial wetting should transit to complete wetting under a high enough electric field. These predictions are confirmed within the actual experimental limits.
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