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The anchoring properties of substrate with a grating surface are
investigated analytically. The alignment of nematic liquid
crystal (NLC) in a grating surface originates from two
mechanisms, thus the anchoring energy consists of two parts. One
originates from the interaction potential between NLC molecules
and the molecules on the substrate surface, and the other stems
from the increased elastic strain energy. Based on the two
mechanisms, the expression of anchoring energy per unit area of
a projected plane of this grating surface is deduced and called
the equivalent anchoring energy formula. Both the strength and
the easy direction of equivalent anchoring energy are a function
of the geometrical parameters (amplitude and pitch) of a grating
surface. By using this formula, the grating surface can be
replaced by its projected plane and its anchoring properties can
be described by the equivalent anchoring energy formula. 相似文献
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A planar nematic liquid crystal cell (NLC) doped with spherical ferroelectric nanoparticles is considered. Polarisation of the nanoparticles are assumed to be along the NLC molecules parallel and antiparallel to the director with equal probability. The NLC molecules anchoring to the cell walls are considered to be strong, while soft anchoring at the nanoparticles surface is supposed. Behaviour of the NLC molecules and nanoparticles in the presence of a perpendicular electric field to the NLC cell is theoretically investigated. The electric field of the nanoparticles is taken into account in the calculations. Freedericksz transition (FT) threshold field in the presence of nanoparticles is found. Then, the director and particles reorientations for the electric fields larger than the threshold field are studied. Measuring the onset of the nanoparticles reorientation is proposed as a new method for the FT threshold measurement. 相似文献
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The director in nematic liquid crystal cell with a weak anchoring grating substrate and a strong anchoring planar substrate is relative to the coordinates x and z. The influence of the surface geometry of the grating substrate in the cell on the director profile is numerically simulated using the two-dimensional finite-difference iterative method under the condition of one elastic constant approximation and zero driven voltage. The deepness of groove and the cell gap affect the distribution of director. For the relatively shallow groove and the relatively thick cell gap, the director is only dependent on the coordinate z. For the relatively deep groove and the relatively thin cell gap, the director must be dependent on the two coordinates x and z because of the increased elastic strain energy induced by the grating surface. 相似文献
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The dependence of the threshold parameters and the period of the electric-field-induced spatially periodic reorientation of the director in a flexoelectric nematic liquid crystal (NLC) on the anchoring conditions at the surface of a planar NLC cell has been studied. The threshold electric field and the corresponding wave-number of the periodic structure of the director field have been numerically calculated for arbitrary values of the anchoring energy. In the case of strong anchoring, the corresponding analytical expressions are obtained in a single-constant approximation. A decrease in the azimuthal anchoring energy leads to an increase in the intervals of possible values of the flexoelectric parameter ν and the ratio K2/K1 of the Frank elastic constants. A decrease in the polar anchoring energy leads to narrowing of these intervals as compared to the case of infinitely strong anchoring at the NLC cell surface. 相似文献
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为了提高全息聚合物分散液晶光栅的衍射效率并降低其驱动电压,改善光栅的电光特性,研究了表面平行摩擦取向对全息聚合物分散液晶光栅电光特性的影响.理论分析认为,改善相分离结构和降低液晶微滴之间的有序度差异是优化光栅电光特性的根本所在.由于进行表面取向处理后的液晶和单体之间达到扩散匹配,使得相分离的程度大幅提高,在衍射能力增强的同时驱动电压也实现了大幅下降,而且,表面取向作用也使光栅内的液晶分子均匀排列,降低了液晶微滴之间的有序度差异,从而减少了光栅的散射损失.实验结果表明:进行取向处理后的光栅其衍射效率由传统光
关键词:
全息聚合物分散液晶
衍射效率
驱动电压 相似文献
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Liquid crystal in a nematic liquid crystal cell surface with two crossed-grating surface substrates can be oriented along the normal grating direction with given geometric parameters of groove and anchoring strength. This display is equivalent to multi-domain vertical-alignment mode. It has a relatively wide viewing angle. In this letter, we investigate the viewing angle characteristics of this kind of cell. The viewing angle dependence of contrast ratio is obtained using the extended Jones matrix method, which also considers the flexoelectric effect. The viewing angle is dependent on the geometric parameter of grating surface, the flexoelectric coefficients, and the anchoring strength. Therefore, appropriate value for each factor needs to be selected to obtain a better viewing angle of this cell. 相似文献
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L. V. Mirantsev 《Physics of the Solid State》2007,49(2):384-391
A simple microscopic mean-field model is proposed for a homeotropically aligned planar nematic liquid crystal (NLC) in contact with a solid-substrate surface. The intermolecular interaction in the NLC is simulated with the anisotropic McMillan potential, and the orienting effect of the substrate surface on the molecules in the NLC is described as that of an external field acting only on the first surface molecular layer of the sample. This model is used to describe the deformation of the director field of the sample caused by the external field and to determine the anchoring strength coefficient W, which is employed to macroscopically describe the orienting effect of the solid substrate on the NLC. The dependence of this coefficient on the strength of the short-range orienting field of the substrate surface used in the proposed microscopic model is found, and a unique correspondence between W and the profile of the orientational order parameter near the substrate surface is established. The temperature dependence of the anchoring strength coefficient is derived and found to agree well with experimental data for the MBBA NLC. 相似文献
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V. K. Abrahamyan N. H. Hakobyan V. M. Aroutiounian N. V. Kamanina H. L. Margaryan D. L. Hovhannisyan D. K. Pokhsraryan 《Journal of Contemporary Physics (Armenian Academy of Sciences)》2009,44(6):283-290
Influence of the longitudinal voltage applied along the semiconductor substrate of a planar-oriented liquid crystal cell on
the birefringence of a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) was investigated. It is shown that for a fixed magnitude of the transverse
field the application of a longitudinal voltage creates an additional possibility to control the electro-optically induced
phase incursion of the radiation passing through NLC. Dependence of the phase incursion on the control voltages is obtained.
The results of simulation of the longitudinal voltage effect on the NLC reorientation are described. The obtained results
can be used in development and designing of NLC phase modulators. 相似文献
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Influences of surface and flexoelectric polarization on the effective anchoring energy in nematic liquid crystal 下载免费PDF全文
《中国物理 B》2015,(10)
The physical effects on surface and flexoelectric polarization in a weak anchoring nematic liquid crystal cell are investigated systematically. We derive the analytic expressions of two effective anchoring energies for lower and upper substrates respectively as well as their effective anchoring strengths and corresponding tilt angles of effective easy direction.All of these quantities are relevant to the magnitudes of both two polarizations and the applied voltage U. Based on these expressions, the variations of effective anchoring strength and the tilt angle with the applied voltage are calculated for the fixed values of two polarizations. For an original weak anchoring hybrid aligned nematic cell, it may be equivalent to a planar cell for a small value of U and has a threshold voltage. The variation of reduced threshold voltage with reduced surface polarization strength is also calculated. The role of surface polarization is important without the adsorptive ions considered. 相似文献
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Experimental design to measure the anchoring energy on substrate surface by using the alternating-current bridge 下载免费PDF全文
The anchoring property of the substrate surface of liquid crystal cells plays an important role in display and nondisplay fields. This property directly affects the deformation of liquid crystal molecules to change the phase difference through liquid crystal cells. In this paper, a test method based on the alternating-current bridge is proposed to determine the capacitance of liquid crystal cells and thus measure the anchoring energy of the substrate surface. The anchoring energy can be obtained by comparing the capacitance–voltage curves of twisted nematic liquid crystal cells with different anchoring properties in experimental and theoretical results simulated on the basis of Frank elastic theory. Compared with the other methods to determine the anchoring energy, our proposed method requires a simple treatment of liquid crystal cells and allows easy and high-accuracy measurements, thereby expanding the test ideas on the performance parameters of liquid crystal devices. 相似文献
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Threshold and saturation properties of the field-induced twist cell with two parameters weak anchoring boundaries 下载免费PDF全文
On the basis of two-parameter formula of weak surface coupling anchoring
energy of nematic liquid crystals proposed by Zhao et al recently, the general
torque equilibrium equation and boundary conditions of the director have
been obtained and the threshold field as well as the saturation field of the
field-induced twist cell have been analysed for three kinds of
configurations, i.e. homogeneous, splay and Pi cells formed by
different rubbing conditions and pretilt angles. The results
indicated that the polar anchoring has no effect on the threshold field. It
is determined only by the twist anchoring and pretilt angle. But, the polar
anchoring and twist anchoring are coupling with each other and have a great
influence on the saturation field. The formulae for calculating the
threshold field and saturation field are given. These results will be very
useful in understanding surface physics and the design of liquid crystal
cells. 相似文献
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G. Pathak K. Agrahari A. Roy A. Srivastava O. Strzezysz K. Garbat R. Manohar 《Opto-Electronics Review》2018,26(4):317-324
In the present investigation optical, electro-optical and dielectric properties have been measured for nematic liquid crystal (NLC) material 1550C which consists of 4’-(trans, trans-4-alkylbicyclohexyl) carbonates and 4’-(4-(trans,trans-4-alkyl)-4-cyanobicyclohexane, dispersed with fluorescent dye (Benzo 2,1,3 Thiadiazole) in two different concentrations. Photoluminescence has been enhanced for a dye dispersed system which is the key finding of this investigation. UV absorbance study has also been performed and found to be increased for composite system. Enhanced birefringence after dispersion of dye into pure NLC is also a prominent result of this investigation. Relative permittivity, threshold voltage and dielectric anisotropy have also been measured and found to be increased. The outcome of the present work may be very useful in the construction of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). 相似文献
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First-order Fréedericksz transition at the threshold point for weak anchoring nematic liquid crystal cell under external electric and magnetic fields 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1 下载免费PDF全文
Based on the modified formula of Rapini-Papoular, the equilibrium equation and boundary condition of the director have been obtained and the behaviour of the Fréedericksz transition at the threshold point has been studied for weak-anchoring nematic liquid crystal cells under external electric and magnetic fields with the methods of analytical derivation and numerical calculation. The results show that, except for the usual second-order transition, the first-order Fréedericksz transition can also be induced by a suitable surface anchoring technique for the liquid crystal cell given in the paper. The conditions for the existence of the first-order Fréedericksz transition are obtained. They are related to the material elastic coefficient k_{11}, k_{33} the thickness of the liquid crystal cell, the external electric field and the strength of surface anchoring, etc. 相似文献
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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. 相似文献
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L. G. Gasparyan V. P. Mkrtchyan T. K. Dadalyan 《Journal of Contemporary Physics (Armenian Academy of Sciences)》2017,52(3):271-275
The influence of external electric field on the anisotropy of a layer of nematic liquid crystal (NLC) was investigated by means of X-Ray interferometric method. It was shown that in Xray range of the spectrum NLC E7 is a positive anisotropic medium. The decrements of a layer of NLC subjected to the electric field were calculated. As a result of reorientation of NLC molecules perpendicular to the cell substrate, the decrements prove equal for cases when the optical axis of a sample was initially perpendicular or parallel to the X-ray beam polarization vector. 相似文献
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液晶对微波的调制取决于外加电压作用下液晶分子的取向, 而基板的锚泊对液晶取向有重要影响, 必然导致微波调制的变化. 本文研究了无手性掺杂的弱锚泊90°扭曲向列相液晶的微波调制特性. 基于液晶弹性理论和变分原理得到了液晶盒系统的平衡态方程和边界条件, 采用差分迭代方法数值模拟了不同锚定强度大小和不同预倾角下单位长度相移随电压的变化. 结果表明: 1)预倾角对微波相移的影响与施加电压有关. 当液晶盒施加电压为0.5–1.6 V之间时, 随预倾角增大, 单位长度微波相移及其与强锚泊0°预倾角90°扭曲液晶相移差均增大, 且相移差达到最大时的电压值也随倾角增大而减小; 1.6–3.0 V之间, 单位长度微波相移及相移差随预倾角增大而减小; 1.6 V附近及3.0 V之后, 相移基本没有变化. 2)表面锚定强度大小对微波相移的影响非常大. 随锚定强度减小, 单位长度微波相移及相移差均会增大, 微波相移的可调范围也增大, 且增加越来越明显. 此研究为液晶微波调制器件的设计提供了理论依据. 相似文献
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High-resolution photorefractive gratings in nematic liquid crystals sandwiched with photoconductive polymer film 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
F. Yao Y. Pei Yu Zhang J. Zhang C. Hou X. Sun 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2008,92(4):573-576
Photorefractive gratings with high grating resolution were observed in the 20 μm thick low-molar-mass nematic liquid crystal
(NLC) cell with a separate photoconductive (PC) poly(N-vinylcarbazole) layer. An orientational grating with a grating spacing of 1.9 μm was produced. It is believed that a space–charge
field with small fringe spacing forms in the PC layer and its evanescent component penetrates into the NLC layer. The penetrated
evanescent field drives the NLC to reorient, and consequently the orientational grating forms. The model indicates that the
modulated field exists in several hundred nanometers near the surface, and thus the orientational grating is not full of the
NLC film, which is consistent with the observed phenomena of the multiple diffractions. Besides, asymmetric two-beam coupling
of 11.2% was achieved for the grating with a grating spacing of 1.9 μm, and a net gain coefficient of larger than 62 cm−1 was obtained. 相似文献