Photoinduced orientational structures of nematic liquid crystal droplets in contact with polyimide coated surface

  • Sergey A. Shvetsov
  • , Vladimir Yu Rudyak
  • , Alexander V. Emelyanenko
  • , Natalia I. Boiko
  • , Yan Song Zhang
  • , Jui Hsiang Liu
  • , Alexei R. Khokhlov

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Abstract

Orientational structure transitions due to a photoinduced surface anchoring modulation were achieved and investigated in the case of NLC microdroplets placed between glycerol and solid surface. The boundary conditions at NLC-glycerol varied under the light action on the dendromer dopant containing azobenzene terminal fragments. At the same time, the NLC had a strong planar anchoring with the polyimide treated substrate. Numerical simulation of the observed orientational structures in NLC microdroplets were carried out.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)222-228
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Molecular Liquids
Volume267
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Oct 1

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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