Surface-induced molecular orientation of liquid crystals by carboxylatochromium complexes
- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 27 (5) , 268-270
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88461
Abstract
Tetrachloro–μ-hydroxo–μ-carboxylatodichromium (III) complexes have been used to induce homeotropic alignment of nematic, smectic, and large-pitch cholesteric liquid crystals. A dynamic scattering degradation test has shown that this orientation is remarkably stable.Keywords
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