The influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix, Grandjean and twisted nematic structures
Measurements of the difference in flexoelectric coefficients (e1 - e3), using the sign convention as originally defined by Meyer, are reported from three experiments employing the flexoelectro-optic effect in different geometries. The uniform lying helix (ULH) structure is used to measure the tilt a...
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| description | Measurements of the difference in flexoelectric coefficients (e1 - e3), using the sign convention as originally defined by Meyer, are reported from three experiments employing the flexoelectro-optic effect in different geometries. The uniform lying helix (ULH) structure is used to measure the tilt angle of the liquid crystal director with respect to the helix axis for an applied electric field, in order to infer a value for (e1 - e3). Alternatively, measurements of the flexoelectric difference can be made by considering the transmission through a device with an in-plane electric field aligned in either the Grandjean structure for highly chiral materials, or a twisted nematic (TN) structure for largely achiral materials. The results from the Grandjean and ULH structures show the equivalence of the measurement techniques with helix axis either perpendicular or parallel to the substrates. Further comparison of these results with the measurement from the achiral TN device shows that the difference in flexoelectric coefficients displays no dependence on chirality, demonstrating that flexoelectricity is purely associated with splay and bend director deformations, as expected from symmetry considerations. © 2009 Taylor and Francis. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:19d6ccc7-af01-429b-8bff-f0c4a922aae32022-03-26T10:51:16ZThe influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix, Grandjean and twisted nematic structuresJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:19d6ccc7-af01-429b-8bff-f0c4a922aae3EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Salter, PKischka, CElston, SRaynes, EMeasurements of the difference in flexoelectric coefficients (e1 - e3), using the sign convention as originally defined by Meyer, are reported from three experiments employing the flexoelectro-optic effect in different geometries. The uniform lying helix (ULH) structure is used to measure the tilt angle of the liquid crystal director with respect to the helix axis for an applied electric field, in order to infer a value for (e1 - e3). Alternatively, measurements of the flexoelectric difference can be made by considering the transmission through a device with an in-plane electric field aligned in either the Grandjean structure for highly chiral materials, or a twisted nematic (TN) structure for largely achiral materials. The results from the Grandjean and ULH structures show the equivalence of the measurement techniques with helix axis either perpendicular or parallel to the substrates. Further comparison of these results with the measurement from the achiral TN device shows that the difference in flexoelectric coefficients displays no dependence on chirality, demonstrating that flexoelectricity is purely associated with splay and bend director deformations, as expected from symmetry considerations. © 2009 Taylor and Francis. |
| spellingShingle | Salter, P Kischka, C Elston, S Raynes, E The influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix, Grandjean and twisted nematic structures |
| title | The influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix, Grandjean and twisted nematic structures |
| title_full | The influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix, Grandjean and twisted nematic structures |
| title_fullStr | The influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix, Grandjean and twisted nematic structures |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix, Grandjean and twisted nematic structures |
| title_short | The influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix, Grandjean and twisted nematic structures |
| title_sort | influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix grandjean and twisted nematic structures |
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