Texturing: A new effect in the dynamic scattering regime of liquid-crystal cells
- 1 August 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 45 (8) , 3237-3241
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1663765
Abstract
A phenomenon observed in homeotropically aligned liquid‐crystal cells after prolonged excitation in dynamic scattering is presented. The phenomenon, because of its visual appearance, is called texturing and is found to be associated with the induction of a metastable configuration in the liquid crystal. A model for the metastable configuration which is consistent with the experimental observations is proposed. Texturing is undesirable in display applications and has been found to occur in matrix‐addressed liquid‐crystal cells.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Secondary hydrodynamic structure in dynamic scatteringApplied Physics Letters, 1972
- Elastic Constants of Nematic Liquid CrystalsZeitschrift für Naturforschung A, 1972