dc.contributor.author | VIJ, JAGDISH | en |
dc.contributor.author | PANARIN, YURI | en |
dc.contributor.author | FUKUDA, ATSUO | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-08-18T16:02:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-08-18T16:02:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | en |
dc.date.submitted | 2000 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | S.S. Seomun, T. Fukuda, A. Fukuda, J.G. Yoo, Yu.P. Panarin, J.K. Vij, Alignment instability caused by anchoring of the in-plane directors to the rubbing direction in the V-shaped switching, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 10, 2000, 2791 - 2794 | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/40545 | |
dc.description | PUBLISHED | en |
dc.description.abstract | In order to investigate the molecular alignment in the smectic liquid crystals showing the V-shaped switching
behavior, two types of the liquid crystal cells, a sandwiched cell and an open cell, were prepared. Homogeneous
alignment with the smectic layer normal formed at y12? with respect to the rubbing direction r is obtained in
the Sm-A phase in both cells. However, in the open cell, the director n is rotated towards r when the Sm-A
sample is cooled into the tilted Sm-X* phase. In addition, its maximum rotation angle is y12?. In this
con?guration, the molecules lie along r. Meanwhile, the sandwiched cell with the one-side rubbing treatment
exhibits the averaged optical axis almost parallel to the layer normal in the Sm-X* phase. In this paper, a
simple small-twisted state in the thin sandwiched cell is suggested to account for the experimental results. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | We acknowledge Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. for supplying
polyimide RN1266. This work in Dublin was funded by the
Higher Education Authority in Ireland under the initiative of
Advanced Materials. | en |
dc.format.extent | 2791 | en |
dc.format.extent | 2794 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of Materials Chemistry | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 10 | en |
dc.rights | Y | en |
dc.subject | Condensed matter physics | en |
dc.subject | smectic liquid crystals | en |
dc.title | Alignment instability caused by anchoring of the in-plane directors to the rubbing direction in the V-shaped switching | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/jvij | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/ypanarin | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/atsuof | en |
dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 24354 | en |
dc.identifier.rssuri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b004388p | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Higher Education Authority (HEA) | en |