梳型高分子聚合物向列相液晶的相变

本文根据Freiser关于向列相液晶分子相互作用模型,利用平均场理论,建立了梳型高分子聚合物向列相液晶分子的哈密顿量,导出序参数自洽方程,得到各向同性相至单轴向列相以及单轴至双轴向列相的相变,结果表明,当分子主、侧链耦合项中排斥作用及主、侧链中较强向列相场的场强增大时,单轴至双轴向列相相变温度升高,并从一级相变逐渐变为二级相变。 关键词：     

双轴性向列相液晶的相变理论

假设一双轴性向列相液晶分子简单相互作用模型，利用平均场理论，得到从各向同性相至单轴向列相、单轴向列相至双轴向列相的相变. 结果表明，在一定温度范围内，分子形状的非轴对称性可导致系统双轴向列相的产生. 在核磁共振实验中，导出双轴向列相序参数与谱线分裂频率间的一般关系，并讨论序参数测量性的可能性. 关键词： 向列相液晶 相变     

胆甾相液晶电控螺旋畸变导致的布拉格反射特性

研究了平面织构胆甾相液晶在垂直于螺旋轴方向施加电场后,引起螺旋畸变导致布拉格反射光强度变化特性,利用液晶矩阵光学,琼斯矩阵法与Matlab矩阵计算软件对有螺旋畸变情况下的布拉格反射光谱特性进行了分析和数值计算.从数值计算和实验结果可知,胆甾相液晶在其垂直螺旋轴方向施加不同电压电场时,布拉格反射光中心波长不随电压改变,而布拉格反射光强会随电压的增大而减弱.提出一种电致螺旋畸变模型,对实验结果和数值计算结果给出了合理的解释,认为利用电场改变胆甾相液晶螺距进而设计电控颜色变化液晶器件的原理是不可靠的.     

液晶胆甾相中的分子短程关联

向列相液晶的二粒子集团理论被推广应用于研究胆甾相二维模型.手征性分子固定在三维简单立方晶格的格点上,而分子取向限制在二维.理论结果表明,平衡态螺旋波矢依赖于温度的变化,且存在胆甾相到向列相相变.通过考虑分子间短程关联,二粒子集团理论的数值结果较平均场理论更接近Monte Carlo模拟结果.     

相变前的热力学平衡态对铁电液晶排列的影响

本实验选用ZLI-3654型铁电液晶(FLC)以及SE-3140型取向剂制备FLC器件样品,通过改变FLC相变过程中的降温速率以及相变前的热力学平衡态来研究FLC相变前的热力学平衡态对FLC排列的影响,共进行了十组实验.实验后,将FLC器件静态对比度进行比较,得出手性向列相到近晶A相(N^*-SmA)相变前的热力学平衡态对FLC实现均匀排列起着极其重要的作用的结论.实验结果表明:器件的静态对比度可高达620 ∶1, N^*-SmA相变前的热力学平衡态有利于形成高对比 关键词： 铁电液晶 降温速率 热力学平衡态 高对比度     

采用液晶涂层测量介质流与壁面间剪切应力的定量模型与试验研究

流场中介质流与壁面间剪切应力的定量测量,在运动物体例如航天器等的表面流场观测与表面减阻等领域有重要意义.本文采用向列相液晶涂层技术针对介质流与固体壁面间的剪切应力展开定量测量.首先利用液晶弹性变形理论建立了向列相分子在剪切应力场作用下旋光性光强信号与剪切应力大小的定量模型;进而,在固体表面制备了5 CB与7 CB向列相液晶涂层,采用搭建的实验装置对不同剪切应力场下的测试涂层的光强进行了测试与理论模型的计算模拟,测试结果与定量模型相当吻合;进一步探讨了液晶涂层测试技术的极限剪切应力、灵敏范围以及涂层膜厚、分子弹性等关键影响因素.     

向列相液晶分子结构与黏度关系研究及BPNN-QSAR模型建立

用于光学、微波通信调谐等器件的向列相液晶材料需要具备高响应速度来实现应用需求.液晶器件响应速度与液晶的旋转黏度、液晶的双折射率等因素相关.微波器件用向列相液晶,常采用大π-电子共轭体系、大极性基团来提高液晶分子的双折射率和介电各向异性,实现宽相位调制量,也因此增大了液晶材料黏度,影响了微波器件的响应速度.本文以液晶黏度因素为主线,对本课题组设计合成的42种向列相液晶在25℃时的黏度用旋转流变仪进行测试,从液晶化合物的结构角度分析影响液晶黏度的因素.首次建立向列相液晶分子结构与黏度的BPNN-QSAR定量构效模型,模型测试组预测值跟真实值之间的相关系数q²=0.607>0.5,说明模型可用于液晶化合物的黏度性能预测,并对影响黏度性能的分子结构描述符进行了探讨.从实际应用出发结合本课题研究,设计了两个系列7个大双折射率液晶分子, BPNN模型测试黏度量度小于同类型分子,实验测试值与模型测试值相近.     

液晶SmC*相的螺距与手征中心分布

选用双轴性并含有多个手征中心的分子作用势，引入手征中心分布结构因子ζ_χ，采用格胞模型，求得液晶SmC^*相的螺距表达式和螺旋性反转条件.计算了TDOBAMBCC,FLC,PACMB和H6/10等4种典型SmC相液晶的螺距随温度的变化及其受ζ_χ的影响.结果与实验相符. 关键词：     

液晶磁控偏光特性的研究

利用偏光干涉理论,通过对BL-009型向列相液晶透射比的测试,分析了液晶透射比随磁场的变化情况,并对液晶的磁控双折射效应进行了研究.实验在室温20℃下用JG-3型连续可调磁场仪对液晶盒施加垂直于其表面的磁场,用CT5A型特斯拉计准确读出磁场强度数值,使液晶盒光轴方向与起偏镜和检偏镜偏振方向成45°,分别测出了起偏镜和检偏镜偏振方向平行和垂直时的透射光强度.通过数学函数拟合,得出了液晶的双折射率随磁场的变化规律,即：当磁场强度大于液晶的阈值磁场时,拟合函数能很好地描述液晶磁控双折射率的变化规律.     

向列相液晶中强非局域空间光孤子的相互作用

在数值和实验上研究了向列相液晶中空间光孤子的相互作用.向列相液晶中的响应函数为指数衰减函数,这不同于Snyder-Mitchell模型.数值模拟发现向列相液晶中的孤子相互作用仍然满足交叉点位置与输入功率的平方根成反比,强非局域下的Snyder-Mitchell模型交叉点位置与两束光的间距无关,而在向列相液晶中交叉点位置与两束光的间距有关;在实验上发现,向列相液晶中两束光交叉点的位置与输入功率平方根成反比,还和形成孤子的临界功率以及两束光之间的间距有关. 关键词： 强非局域非线性 向列相液晶 孤子相互作用 交叉点     

Surface anchoring effect on guest–host ferroelectric liquid crystal response time – an electro-optical investigation

The effect is reported of surface anchoring on various electro-optical parameters of a pure ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) and five mixtures with different concentrations of dye. The Anthraquinone D5 dye was used as guest entity, whereas Felix 17-000 was used as host in this investigation. The presence of dye molecules in the FLC dramatically affects the electro-optical properties compared with those of the pure system. Electro-optical parameters such as spontaneous polarization and rotational viscosity not only change with the addition of dye but they are also strongly dependent on the concentration of dye in pure FLC. The effect of dye molecules on the anchoring energy of the pure FLC system was also investigated. Due to strong anchoring energy on FLC substrate, its effect on response time was also studied. An improvement in the contrast ratio after dye doping was observed. The value of spontaneous polarization increases due to addition of dye, suggesting that molecular alignment improves, which is very useful from the application point of view.     

Reliable Polymer-Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Device Using Thin Plastic Substrates

We developed a rollable polymer-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) display device using thin plastic substrates. In a device using 200-μm-thick substrates which are fastened by polymer walls and networks made by photopolymerization-induced phase separation, disorder of the FLC alignment was caused by exfoliation of these walls in curvature radii of under 30 mm. Otherwise, the uniformity of the FLC alignment was maintained even after a device using 100-μm-thick substrates was bent at a radius of 7 mm. The enhanced bending tolerance does not depend on the FLC alignment direction, and the device could be bent both convexly and concavely without any FLC alignment change. A rollable device with a size of 100 × 100 mm exhibited uniform grayscale display operation between crossed polarizers when bent with a radius of 15 mm.     

液晶显示用取向材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯的光控取向研究

通过实验研究了光聚合物材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯（ＣＥＭＣ）的光化学反应过程, 以及对液晶材料ＬＣ－６７１０Ａ 的取向能力． 通过原子力显微镜（ＡＦＭ）观察了取向层表面在光化学反应前后的变化, 测量了光控取向膜液晶盒中液晶分子的预倾角及单面光控取向扭曲向列液晶显示器（ＴＮＬＣＤ）的电光特性和时间响应特性曲线, 研究了液晶分子排列取向的机理．     

Development of helical cholesteric structure in a nematic liquid crystal due to the dipole-dipole interaction

A nematic liquid crystalline phase is considered whose rod-like non-centrosymmetric molecules possess a permanent dipole moment. This phase is a “liquid ferroelectric” if all the molecules are oriented along the same “preferred” direction. It is shown that a liquid ferroelectric can not exist in a homogeneous nematic state. It is transformed into a more stable helical structure (the vector of the spontaneous polarization of such a structure rotates aroung the helical axis). There is a variety of domain structures for the specific case when the anisotropy coefficient of the polarization is equal to zero. Since each elementary dipole moment is rigidly bound to its molecule, the “preferred” alignment direction of the rod-like molecules as well as the polarization vector rotates with respect to the same axis in a helical manner. Therefore a nematic phase with a nonzero spontaneous polarization has a cholesteric structure. Its helical pitch is determined by the geometric size of the sample, the absolute value of the spontaneous polarization, and the elastic moduli. Apparently, we can consider some cholesteric phases to be liquid ferroelectrics with helical domain structure.     

液晶电光特性研究

随着近几年液晶显示技术在诸多领域的广泛应用和新技术的推出,人们一直致力于改善液晶器件显示性能的研究。在液晶显示器应用中,电光特性是一个很重要的参数,介绍了采用激光测量的方法获得液晶的电光特性、阈值电压及视角特性。分析了液晶分子在交流电场作用下重新取向后的扭曲特性,测试了不同电压下液晶分子的透光率和扭曲角度,结果表明:该方法是可行的,向列相液晶具有0.92 V较低阈值电压和较为陡峭的电光曲线,水平方向上在-60~+50有较好的视角特性,垂直方向上在-40~+20有较好的视角特性。该结论为偏光器件的设计与制作提供了依据。     

向列相液晶沿面到垂面排列转变的分子场理论

以摩擦基板间的液晶薄层为研究对象,用分子场理论研究了向列相液晶分子排列转变行为.分子质心固定在简单立方晶格的格点上.液晶由极性分子构成,与基板相接触的一层分子同时受到色散和极性两类表面作用.通过自洽的数值计算,获得3种相图,清楚地展示了摩擦基板间向列相出现的从高温沿面到低温垂面排列的转变;获得实现这类转变所需要的两类表面作用的参数范围.结果表明:基板的摩擦会改变基板表面色散作用,但不会影响基板表面极性作用;表面极性相互作用能引起基板间向列相液晶发生沿面到垂面排列转变.     

向列相液晶缺陷光子晶体透射光谱偏振敏感特性研究

研究了向列相液晶缺陷TiO2和SiO2交替的光学多层膜一维光子晶体透射谱偏振敏感特性。外电压下透射光谱测试和模拟结果显示,对于平行取向的向列相液晶,当自然光垂直入射时,禁带中两处出现e(TE模式)光和o光(TM模式)透射峰,具有偏振敏感性。随着电压增大,e光透射峰蓝移与o光透射峰合二为一,光谱可调谐范围分别为31和34nm;而对于取向混乱的向列相液晶,禁带中两处出现独立的透射峰,无偏振敏感性。随着电压增大峰位也蓝移,光谱可调谐范围分别为64和15nm。通过混乱取向液晶分子,可以使o光和e光有效折射率值相等,获得偏振不敏感特性。     

Polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals as switchable photonic broad bandgaps

A cholesteric liquid crystal can be considered as a one-dimensional photonic crystal with a refractive index that is regularly modulated along the helix axis because of the particular arrangement of the molecules. The result is that the propagation of light is suppressed for a particular range of wavelengths (bandgap). A polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal (PSCLC), which is obtained by in situ photopolymerization of reactive liquid-crystal molecules in the presence of non-reactive liquid-crystal molecules in an oriented Bragg planar texture, is elaborated by combining the UV-curing with a thermally induced pitch variation. As a consequence, it is shown here that memory effects are introduced into the characteristics of the reflection band of the material at room temperature. In the visible spectrum, the reflection bandwidth can be tuned in agreement with the thermal ramp and broadened. In addition, the bandgap filters can be switched between broadband reflective, scattering and transparent states by subjecting them to an electric field. Related application fields of these functional materials are switchable smart windows for the control of the solar-light spectrum and white-or-black polarizer-free reflective displays.     

Changes in material parameters for dye-doped ferroelectric liquid crystal

Addition of the dichroic anthraquinone dye molecules in pure ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) matrix results in many improvement in the various vital parameters of the pure FLC. However, addition of anthraquinone dye molecules in pure FLC matrix is not advantageous every time. There are certain constraints which are crucial for the application of these systems into many devices. In this article, we have discussed the concentration and temperature dependence of vital properties of dye-doped FLC. In this study there is improvement in contrast ratio by dye doping due to enhancement in plane switching for dye-doped FLC.