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与结构化基底接触的nematic liquid crystals的有效自由能方法

Effective free energy method for nematic liquid crystals in contact with structured substrates

L. Harnau, S. Kondrat, A. Poniewierski

摘要:

我们研究了一种液晶的相行为,该液晶被限制在具有强锚定的平坦衬底和图案化衬底之间,图案化衬底的结构和局部锚定强度是不同的。通过首先评估表征图案化衬底的有效表面自由能函数,我们推导出受限液晶的有效自由能的表达式。然后,我们确定相图涉及一个均匀的状态,其中的取向的董事几乎是均匀的和一个混合对齐的取向的状态,其中的董事通过细胞的变化。为了检验有效自由能方法的预测,进行了自由能泛函的直接最小化。我们发现从这两种方法计算的相界之间非常好的协议。此外,有效能量方法允许一个确定的能量势垒之间的两个国家在一个电子器件。

英文摘要:

We study the phase behavior of a nematic liquid crystal confined between a flat substrate with strong anchoring and a patterned substrate whose structure and local anchoring strength we vary. By first evaluating an effective surface free energy function characterizing the patterned substrate we derive an expression for the effective free energy of the confined nematic liquid crystal. Then we determine phase diagrams involving a homogeneous state in which the nematic director is almost uniform and a hybrid aligned nematic state in which the orientation of the director varies through the cell. Direct minimization of the free energy functional were performed in order to test the predictions of the effective free energy method. We find remarkably good agreement between the phase boundaries calculated from the two approaches. In addition the effective energy method allows one to determine the energy barriers between two states in a bistable nematic device.

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