Absorption Current and Impurity Ions in Nematic Liquid Crystal Cells

Abstract
An absorption current flowing in liquid crystal cells has been measured in order to detect the behavior of impurity ions. The measured current is proportional to t -1 for the region in the initial few seconds. These results agree with the theoretical solution in which the diffusion term in approximation is ignored. The saturated charge density of a surface double layer is about 8.7×10-5 C/m2, which is in the same order as that estimated in a previous paper, 2×1011 ions/cm2. The electric double layer model is also demonstrated.