全漏光导波技术确定液晶材料的挠曲电系数

利用全漏光导波技术,测量负性向列相液晶材料MS-N01300-000的展曲和弯曲挠曲电系数之和.根据液晶弹性和多层光学理论得到同一电压下不同挠曲电系数的反射率随内角(入射到液晶层角度)的理论变化曲线.实验中,将液晶材料灌注到混合排列向列相液晶盒中,在液晶盒上分别加交流电和直流电,采用全漏光导波技术得到反映液晶指向矢分布的液晶波导反射率随内角变化曲线.实验发现,由于液晶挠曲电作用,同一电压值下反射率随内角变化曲线发生微小移动.对比理论与实验曲线,由曲线移动距离得到MS-N01300-000液晶材料展曲和弯曲挠曲电系数之和为2.5×10-11 C/m.     

Theoretical analysis of the influence of flexoelectric effect on the defect site in nematic inversion walls

Based on the experimental phenomena of flexoelectric response at defect sites in nematic inversion walls conducted by Kumar et al., we gave the theoretical analysis using the Frank elastic theory. When a direct-current electric field normal to the plane of the substrate is applied to the parallel aligned nematic liquid crystal cell with weak anchoring, the rotation of ± 1 defects in the narrow inversion walls can be exhibited. The free energy of liquid crystal molecules around the +1 and-1 defect sites in the nematic inversion walls under the electric field was formulated and the electric-field-driven structural changes at the defect site characterized by polar and azimuthal angles of the local director were simulated. The results reveal that the deviation of azimuthal angle induced by flexoelectric effect are consistent with the switching of extinction brushes at the +1 and-1 defects obtained in the experiment conducted by Kumar et al.     

橡胶弹性体和液晶弹性体

 橡胶弹性体和液晶弹性体都属于高弹体的范畴,近年来对它们的研究越来越多,尤其是对液晶弹性体的研究已成为广受关注的热点课题。一、橡胶弹性体橡胶弹性体是指普通的各向同性的具有高弹性的交联长链聚合物。20世纪前期就有人针对高分子物质提出了类似“链”的思想。整个聚合物体可看成是无数无轨链的整体,仅仅对于单个链而言就有无数可能的构象。