Measurement of twist angle and surface torsional anchoring strength in a nematic liquid crystal cell
- 1 March 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 18 (3) , 419-422
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02678299508036640
Abstract
In this paper a novel method is developed for measuring the twist angle and surface torsional anchoring strength in nematic liquid crystal (NLC) cells. This method is based on a technique developed from the Jones optical propagation matrix. From the measurement, the actual twist angle in NLC cell and the deviation of the LC director on the boundary of the cell from the rubbing direction of the substrate are obtained. A theoretical discussion shows that the surface torsional anchoring strength has a great influence on the value of the deviation, and hence so it can be calculated.Keywords
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