Azimuthal Anchoring Energy at a SiOx-Nematic Interface
作者:
Maurizio Nobili,
Cesare Lazzari,
Antonio Schirone,
Sandro Faetti,
期刊:
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 212,
issue 1
页码: 97-106
ISSN:1058-725X
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/10587259208037250
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: nematic interfaces;anchoring;time response
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The azimuthal anchoring energy at the interface between the nematic liquid crystal pentylcyanobiphenyl (5CB) and an obliquely evaporated SiOxsubstrate is measured by using a reflectometric method. The time response of the director at the surface is investigated and two very different regimes are evidenced. The azimuthal anchoring energy coefficient exhibits an almost-critical behaviour near the clearing temperature and is almost independent on the thickness d of the SiOxlayer but it exhibits a sharp decrease for d ≤ dc≈ 25 Å. The anchoring function is found to depend on the azimuthal director angle ϕ as W(ϕ) = Wa/2 sin2(ϕ).
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