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扭弯液滴的界面和形态特征

Interfacial and morphological features of a twist-bend nematic drop

Kanakapura S. Krishnamurthy, Pramoda Kumar, Nani B. Palakurthy, Channabasaveshwar V. Yelamaggad, Epifanio G. Virga

摘要:

在这项实验和理论研究中,我们研究了平衡形状的准二维扭曲弯曲双折射(Ntb)滴内形成的平面排列的双折射层的液晶CB 7 CB。最初,在设置点的Ntb相,液滴假设一个非平衡尖椭圆形的几何形状与主轴正交的董事周围的流体,这种增长主要是由各向异性热扩散。液滴通过接近其熔化温度的热驱动动力学演化达到平衡。它们与一个特征性的双条纹形态相关联,随着温度的降低,双条纹形态转变为熟悉的焦锥纹理。在平衡状态下,毫米级的大液滴呈类触晶状,沿着周围流体的指向矢伸长。这种几何形状是由具有两个无量纲参数的数学模型来解释的,其中一个是Ntb相的结构锥角,另一个是液滴界面处的失配弹性能的相对强度。这两个参数都是通过测量平衡形状的长宽比和尖点的内角角从观察中提取的。

英文摘要:

In this experimental and theoretical study, we examine the equilibrium shapes of quasitwo-dimensional twist-bend nematic (Ntb) drops formed within a planarly aligned nematic layer of the liquid crystal CB7CB. Initially, at the setting point of the Ntb phase, the drops assume a nonequilibrium cusped elliptical geometry with the major axis orthogonal to the director of the surrounding nematic fluid; this growth is governed principally by anisotropic heat diffusion. The drops attain equilibrium through thermally driven dynamical evolutions close to their melting temperature. They are associated with a characteristic twin-striped morphology that transforms into the familiar focal conic texture as the temperature is lowered. At equilibrium, large millimetric drops are tactoidlike, elongated along the director of the surrounding nematic fluid. This geometry is explained by a mathematical model that features two dimensionless parameters, of which one is the structural cone angle of the Ntb phase and the other, the relative strength of mismatch elastic energy at the drop's interface. Both parameters are extracted from the observations by measuring the aspect ratio of the equilibrium shapes and the inner corner angle of the cusps.

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