Flow induced bistable anchoring switching in nematic liquid crystals
- 1 August 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 10 (2) , 289-293
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02678299108036432
Abstract
A hydrodynamically controlled switching of orientations of a nematic bistable surface anchoring is observed. A viscous torque moves surface lines between domains corresponding to bistable anchoring. An observed threshold for this viscous torque is attributed to relative spatial inhomogeneities of surface energy (∼10−2).Keywords
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