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受阻基底中nematic liquid crystals的双稳态指向矢排列

Bistable director alignments of nematic liquid crystals confined in frustrated substrates

Takeaki Araki, Jumpei Nagura

摘要:

利用Lebwohl-Lasher自旋模型的蒙特卡罗模拟,研究了双阻挫面约束下的液晶的面内取向。表面制备有定向棋盘图案,在其上指向矢场被局部锚定为平面但相邻块之间正交。我们发现体中的指向矢场倾向于沿着棋盘图案的对角轴对齐,如实验所报道的[J. H. Kim等人,应用物理信函78,3055(2001)]。当系统达到各向同性-相变温度时,两个稳定取向之间的能垒增加。基于弹性理论,我们发现这种双稳性是由于阻挫面附近指向矢场的空间调制。随着嵌段尺寸的增加和/或弹性模量的减小,指向矢不均匀性的程度增加,从而增大了能垒。我们还发现,稳定状态之间的切换率降低时,块的大小是可比的细胞厚度。

英文摘要:

We studied in-plane bistable alignments of nematic liquid crystals confined by two frustrated surfaces by means of Monte Carlo simulations of the Lebwohl-Lasher spin model. The surfaces are prepared with orientational checkerboard patterns, on which the director field is locally anchored to be planar yet orthogonal between the neighboring blocks. We found the director field in the bulk tends to be aligned along the diagonal axes of the checkerboard pattern, as reported experimentally [J.-H. Kim et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 3055 (2001)]. The energy barrier between the two stable orientations is increased, when the system is brought to the isotropic-nematic transition temperature. Based on an elastic theory, we found that the bistability is attributed to the spatial modulation of the director field near the frustrated surfaces. As the block size is increased and/or the elastic modulus is reduced, the degree of the director inhomogeneity is increased, enlarging the energy barrier. We also found that the switching rate between the stable states is decreased when the block size is comparable to the cell thickness.

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