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Abstract

A temperature-driven anchoring transition strongly influenced by ionic impurities appears in a nematic liquid crystal composed of centrosymmetric molecules. Two anchoring parameters, the tilt angle and the anchoring strength, were measured. The observed phenomena are explained as a result of a balance between the orienting tendencies of electric double layers and direct molecular interactions at the interface.
Format
Article
Publication Date
1994-02-01
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Volume
49
Issue
2
First Page
R990
Last Page
R993
Subject
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Community
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
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Copyright 1994 American Physical Society. Available on publisher's site at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.49.R990.
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Nazarenko, V., & Lavrentovich, O. (1994). Anchoring Transition in a Nematic Liquid-Crystal Composed of Centrosymmetric Molecules (1–). Physical Review E. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/1231
Nazarenko, V., and Oleg Lavrentovich. 1994. “Anchoring Transition in a Nematic Liquid-Crystal Composed of Centrosymmetric Molecules”. Physical Review E. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/1231.
Nazarenko, V., and Oleg Lavrentovich. Anchoring Transition in a Nematic Liquid-Crystal Composed of Centrosymmetric Molecules. Physical Review E, 1 Feb. 1994, https://oaks.kent.edu/node/1231.