Orientational plasticity at a smectic-liquid-crystal–anisotropic-solid interface

Zhiming Zhuang; Noel A. Clark; Michael R. Meadows

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.45.R6981

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Orientational plasticity at a smectic-liquid-crystal–anisotropic-solid interface

Zhiming Zhuang, Noel A. Clark, and Michael R. Meadows

Phys. Rev. A 45, R6981(R) – Published 1 May 1992

Abstract

We demonstrate a plastically deformable coupling of liquid-crystal molecules to a rubbed polymer surface, showing that the large electric-field-induced torques available in ferroelectric liquid crystals can overwhelm the intrinsic surface anisotropy to produce new stable surface orientations.

Received 3 September 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.45.R6981

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Zhiming Zhuang and Noel A. Clark

Department of Physics, Condensed Matter Laboratory, Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309p

Michael R. Meadows

Displaytech Incorporated, 2200 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301

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Vol. 45, Iss. 10 — May 1992

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