Self-Consistent Explanation of the Untwist Alignment of Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals with Decreasing Cell Thickness and Deviation of the Surface Easy Axis Experimented upon Using the Brewster Angle Reflection Method

Self-Consistent Explanation of the Untwist Alignment of Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals with Decreasing Cell Thickness and Deviation of the Surface Easy Axis Experimented upon Using the Brewster Angle Reflection Method

The huge dielectric constant of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals (FNLCs) seems to bring about a difficulty of molecular alignment control in exchange for a potential device application. To obtain a satisfactory level of uniform molecular alignment, it is essential to understand how the molecule...

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Main Authors: Sakunosuke Abe, Yosei Shibata, Munehiro Kimura, Tadashi Akahane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Crystals
Subjects:
ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal
surface polar anchoring
elastic theory
rubbing
Brewster angle reflection method
polarization optical microscope
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/14/2/157

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