Electric and Magnetic Field-Assisted Orientational Transitions in the Ensembles of Domains in a Nematic Liquid Crystal on the Polymer Surface

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Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2014

Идентификатор DOI: 10.3390/ijms151017838

Ключевые слова: liquid crystal, polycarbonate, domain structure, electric field, magnetic field, Article, crystal structure, light intensity, microphotography, nonhuman, surface property, chemistry, electricity, light, polycarboxylate cement, polymer, Liquid Crystals, Magnetic Fields, Polymers, Surface Properties

Аннотация: Using electro- and magneto-optical techniques, we investigated orientational transitions in the ensembles of domains in a nematic liquid crystal on the polycarbonate film surface under the conditions of competing surface forces that favor radial and uniform planar alignment of nematic molecules. Having analyzed field dependences ofПоказать полностьюthe intensity of light passed through a sample, we established the threshold character of the orientational effects, plotted the calculated intensity versus magnetic coherence length, and compared the latter with the equilibrium length that characterizes the balance of forces on the polymer surface.

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Издание

Журнал: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Выпуск журнала: Vol. 15, Is. 10

Номера страниц: 17838-17851

ISSN журнала: 14220067

Место издания: BASEL

Издатель: MDPI AG

Персоны

  • Parshin Alexander M. (Russian Acad Sci, LV Kirensky Phys Inst, Krasnoyarsk Sci Ctr, Siberian Branch, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia; Siberian Fed Univ, Dept Energy, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia)
  • Gunyakov Vladimir A. (Russian Acad Sci, LV Kirensky Phys Inst, Krasnoyarsk Sci Ctr, Siberian Branch, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia)
  • Zyryanov Victor Y. (Russian Acad Sci, LV Kirensky Phys Inst, Krasnoyarsk Sci Ctr, Siberian Branch, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia)
  • Shabanov Vasily F. (Russian Acad Sci, LV Kirensky Phys Inst, Krasnoyarsk Sci Ctr, Siberian Branch, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia)