Transient Current Dependent on Nematic Director Orientation

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Abstract
Transient currents induced by the polarity reversal of an applied DC voltage in nematic liquid crystals have been studied experimentally and theoretically. The experimental results of transient currents in the cells with various treated substrate surfaces have been presented. In the theoretical studies, the presence of adsorbed charge layers on the substrate surfaces and a spatial distribution of carrier mobility dependent on a director orientation have been assumed. By one dimensional mobility distribution of drift sheet carrier across the cell, the carrier transport process and the generation mechanism of the transient current with or without peaks can be well understood. The experimental results on transient currents have been successfully explained from the interpretation of the different adsorbed charge ratio which is the ratio of adsorbed charges to the total amount of the charges in the cell.