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N. V. Madhusudana 《Phase Transitions》2013,86(1-3):177-191
Electroconvective instabilities in nematic liquid crystals are caused by the electric force acting on charge densities generated in the medium due to a distortion in the orientation field of the anisotropic medium. The conventional view is that anisotropic conductivity provides the mechanism for the charge accumulation. Several experimental results however can be accounted for only by invoking an additional mechanism involving flexoelectric polarization for the charge accumulation. In this article we discuss the recent experimental and theoretical developments in this field. 相似文献
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The different approximations that have been used in applying Bethe’s cluster model to the nematic-isotropic phase transition
are examined. It is shown that the introduction of a higher order term in the mean field potential of an outer molecule of
the cluster improves the consistency of the theory considerably. In particular, the importance of satisfying Chang’s relation
is emphasized. Calculations are presented of the long and short range order parameters, heat of transition and specific heat
for different values ofz, the number of nearest neighbours around any given molecule, for both nonpolar and antiparallel near neighbour correlations.
Even the new mean field potential appears to be inadequate forz=3. 相似文献
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R. B. Alaverdyan A. M. Grigoryan Yu. S. Chilingaryan 《Journal of Contemporary Physics (Armenian Academy of Sciences)》2008,43(1):19-22
Laser-induced convective motion in thin layers (less than a millimeter) of nematic liquid crystals is investigated experimentally. It is shown that convection arising in the presence of the vertical gradient of temperature is toroidal. Velocities of convective motions in the liquid crystal are measured for two different diameters of the incident laser beam. Comparison is made of the threshold of the temperature gradient of convective motions obtained by theoretical estimations and with use of experimental parameters. 相似文献
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A crystalline substrate such as mica or gypsum can orient a thin layer of nematic liquid crystal spread on top. By adsorbing one or more other kinds of molecules onto the surface, we have observed transitions in the orientation of the molecules on the surface. These “anchoring transitions” are analyzed via Landau-Ginzburg theory and may be first or second-order. The second-order anchoring transition is the first two-dimensional system where critical fluctuations may be observed optically. 相似文献
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Connecting two columnar phase forming discotic mesogens via a short rigid spacer leads to the formation of a π-conjugated
discotic dimer snowing discotic nematic (N
D) phase. Attaching branched-alkyl chains directly to the core in hexaalkynylbenzene resulted in the stabilisation of ND phase at ambient temperature. Pentalkynylbenzene derivatives possessing a combination of normal- and branched-alkoxy chains
display a very broad ND, phase which is stable well below and above the room temperature. 相似文献
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In this work we demonstrate the properties of spatial solitary waves in chiral nematic liquid crystals with an external electric field. Such self-trapped beams, called nematicons, were created due to the optical reorientation nonlinearity for a light power of a few tens of milliwatts. We show that the direction of propagation of such nematicons can be changed by applying an external electric field. Additionally, this effect can be modified by changing the input polarization of the light beam. The experimental results were obtained in four independent guiding layers created by a chiral nematic structure. 相似文献
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向列液晶的“挠曲电效应”在1969年由Meyer首先提出,30年后这一理论才被重视.文章回顾了挠曲电效应的研究历程,总结了已取得的成果,并就挠曲电研究中的基础问题、研究进展、研究现状及存在的问题进行了系统的介绍,为从事此方面研究的工作者提供参考. 相似文献
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The paper reports new nematic liquid crystals that are paramagnetic. 相似文献
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Molecular theory of nematic liquid crystals viewed as effect of collective excitation in ferromagnetic systems 下载免费PDF全文
We develop a microscopic theory of the nematic phase with consideration of the effect of the collective excitation on properties of nematic liquid crystals. The model is based on the Heisenberg's exchange model of the ferromagnetic materials. Since the orientation of the molecular long axis and the angular momentum of the molecule rotating around its long axis have the same direction, operators can be introduced to research the nematic liquid crystals. Using the lattice model and the Holstein--Primakoff transformation, the Hamiltonian of the system can be obtained, which has the same form as that of the ferromagnetic substance. The relation between the order parameter and reduced temperature can be gotten. It is in good agreement with the experimental results in the low temperature region, the accordance is better than that of
the molecular field theory and the computer simulation. In high temperature region close to the transition point, by considering the effect of the higher-order terms in the Hamiltonian, theoretical prediction is in better agreement with the experiment. That indicates the many-body effect is important to nematic liquid crystals. 相似文献
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Different modes of bistable switching in liquid crystals with frequency inversion of the dielectric anisotropy sign are discussed.
The study is performed by numerical simulation and experimentally. It is shown that dual frequency driving can be effectively
used to control switching between topologically equivalent and non-equivalent director field distributions. The experimental
results on temperature performance of the dual-frequency switching and possible driving methods for energy consumption and
expanding the temperature range are presented. 相似文献
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Thermomechanical mechanism of the director reorientation in twisted nematic liquid crystals caused by the one-dimensional longitudinal temperature gradient is predicted and studied theoretically. The calculated director reorientations are in the range that can be measured experimentally very easily. 相似文献
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A. L. Alexe-Ionescu 《Il Nuovo Cimento D》1993,15(12):1489-1506
Summary The elastic deformations in nematic liquid crystals are analysed in one and two dimensions. The influence of the flexoelectric
polarization on the elastic properties of the medium is studied. It is shown that for one-dimensional deformations, the presence
of the flexoelectric polarization introduces a renormalization of the elastic constants. On the contrary in the bidimensional
case, the effect of the flexoelectricity is not a simple renormalization of the elastic constants. The profiles of the electric
potential and of the tilt angle are evaluated for the cases in which the substrate is an insulating or conducting material.
The validity of the calculations is discussed by considering the value of Debye's screening length of the nematic liquid crystal. 相似文献
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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 相似文献
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We present a theoretical calculation of the dependence of reflectivity Rpp of the improved fully leaky waveguide geometry,which comprises pyramid,matching fluid,and strongly anchored hybrid aligned nematic liquid crystal(NLC) cell on the internal angle.The calculation is based on the multi layer optical theory and the elastic theory of liquid crystals.For different sums of flexoelectric coefficients e11 and e33,the curve of Rpp moves a distance to the left or the right relative to the case of ignoring the flexoelectric effect and the distance of the movement varies with different flexoelectric coefficients.Consequently,the sum of flexoelectric coefficients can be explored by measuring the distance of the movement. 相似文献
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Calculating the dielectric anisotropy of nematic liquid crystals: a reinvestigation of the Maier——Meier
theory 下载免费PDF全文
This paper investigates the average dielectric permittivity
(\overline ε ) in the Maier--Meier theory for calculating
the dielectric anisotropy (Δε) of nematic liquid
crystals. For the reason that \overline ε of nematics
has the same expression as the dielectric permittivity of the isotropic
state, the Onsager equation for isotropic dielectric was used to
calculate it. The computed \overline ε shows reasonable
agreement with the results of the numerical methods used in the
literature. Molecular parameters, such as the polarizability and its
anisotropy, the dipole moment and its angle with the molecular long
axis, were taken from semi-empirical quantum chemistry (MOCPAC/AM1)
modeling. The calculated values of Δε according
to the Maier--Meier equation are in good agreement with the experimental
results for the investigated compounds having different core
structures and polar substituents. 相似文献
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L. S. Bezhanova Z. V. Baghdasaryan M. L. Baburyan 《Journal of Contemporary Physics (Armenian Academy of Sciences)》2007,42(1):29-33
The dielectric properties of nematic liquid crystals (NLC) are studied in the temperature range of mesophase existence with taking into account the peculiarities of the molecular structure of components. The dependence of the ordering parameter and activation energy on the temperature and composition of an LC system are obtained and investigated by analysis of EPR spectra based on the spin relaxation theory. The values of the local viscosity of the systems are estimated within the framework of the hydrodynamic model. The appearance of induced and reentrant mesophases is established. It is shown that in NLC systems with non-center-symmetric molecules the correlation between the activation energy and thermostability should be inverse to that in the Maier-Saupe model. 相似文献
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研究了弱线偏振光(≈0.16 W/cm2)通过垂直排列C60掺杂的向列相液晶(5CB)薄膜的远场衍射图样.基于取向光折变机理,二波耦合使液晶分子进行二次取向之后,强度为高斯分布的光束通过样品时将形成高斯分布的空间电荷场,偏振光束通过样品时将产生偏振衍射图样.衍射图样的轮廓是同心圆环,在垂直于光的偏振方向有对称缺口.改变入射光的偏振方向可以看到衍射图样也随之改变, 有效非线性折射率系数n2≈0.3cm2/W
关键词:
向列相液晶
取向光折变效应
自相位调制
衍射图样 相似文献
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Michael P. Allen 《Molecular physics》2016,114(18):2574-2579
ABSTRACTIn this note, the density functional theory for chiral nematic liquid crystals is expressed in terms of rotational invariant expansion coefficients of the pair-excluded area at fixed separation. This modification from the standard approach, without making any additional assumptions, yields a more efficient procedure for minimising the free energy, as well as providing insight into the origins of the effect away from the long-pitch limit. 相似文献
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R. Somashekar H. Somashekarappa A. P. Divya D. Revannasiddaiah M. S. Madhava 《Pramana》1999,52(1):67-74
The existing methods for the determination of the orientational distribution functionf(β) in the nematic liquid crystals using X-rays have been reviewed. A simple Fourier method which givesf(β) in terms of the measured intensity is analysed. Using this distribution function, the accuracy with which the order parameters
could be evaluated is discussed and the results show the elegance of the Fourier method used here. 相似文献