MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR OF AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING ENERGY AT LIQUID-CRYSTAL SIO INTERFACE USING NEW METHOD

被引:20
作者
IIMURA, Y
KOBAYASHI, N
KOBAYASHI, S
机构
[1] Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei Tokyo
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 4A期
关键词
LIQUID CRYSTAL; AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING ENERGY; 5CB; SIO;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.34.1935
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
By using a new method, we have measured the temperature dependence of the azimuthal anchoring energy at the interface between the nematic liquid crystal of phenyl-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) and 60 degrees obliquely evaporated SiO film. A detailed comparison of our data with that of Faetti is carried out, and a good agreement between these two sets of data is obtained. This result indicates that the new method is very useful to evaluate the azimuthal anchoring energy at a liquid crystal/solid substrate interface.
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页码:1935 / 1936
页数:2
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