LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASE TRANSITIONS INDUCED BY MICRO-TEXTURED SUBSTRATES

    • Qian Tie-Zheng
    • Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology:Institute of Theoretical Physics
    • Sheng Ping
    • Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Abstract

Through a numerical approach based on the Landau-de Gennes theory, we show that novel orientational states and phase transitions may be induced in nematic liquid crystals by micro-textured substrates, i.e., spatially mixed homeotropic, planar, or homogeneous alignment potentiais.

Journal

ITE Technical Report   [List of Volumes]

ITE Technical Report 21(10), 49-51, 1997-02-13  [Table of Contents]

The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers

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Codes

  • NII Article ID (NAID) :
    110003690378
  • NII NACSIS-CAT ID (NCID) :
    AN1059086X
  • Text Lang :
    ENG
  • Article Type :
    ART
  • ISSN :
    13426893
  • Databases :
    CJP  NII-ELS