Step-wise Fréedericksz transition in a nematic liquid crystal
- 15 December 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 94 (12) , 7502-7504
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1629389
Abstract
The stylus of an atomic force microscope is used to rub a polyimide-coated substrate with a spatial period of 10 μm. A spatial periodicity is thereby introduced into the anchoring strength coefficient, resulting in a shoulder in the intensity–voltage curve above the Fréedericksz transition threshold of a nematic liquid crystal.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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