Influence of surface anchoring and viscosity upon the switching behavior of twisted nematic cells
- 15 November 1993
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 74 (10) , 6046-6052
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.355220
Abstract
Numerical calculations are presented on the dynamics of twisted chiral nematic cells. We are emphasizing the influence of surface effects on the optical switching behavior. Apart from the anchoring strength we have taken into account viscous effects at the surface by constructing a surface dissipation function. The dynamical light transmission curve has been determined for different strengths of the surface anchoring and various viscosity parameters by computer simulation.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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