Surface anchoring and growth pattern of the first-order structural transition in a smectic A liquid crystal

Zili Li; W. R. Folks; Oleg D. Lavrentovich

doi:10.1117/12.172125

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4 April 1994 Surface anchoring and growth pattern of the first-order structural transition in a smectic A liquid crystal

Zili Li, W. R. Folks, Oleg D. Lavrentovich

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Proceedings Volume 2175, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications III; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.172125
Event: IS&T/SPIE 1994 International Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1994, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Anchoring phenomena and their effect on focal conic domain (FCD) instabilities in the smectic A phase were studied for two different geometries: (a) field-driven nucleation of FCDs in a homeotropic cell and (b) anchoring-driven transition in a planar cell from field-induced homeotropic state.

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Zili Li, W. R. Folks, and Oleg D. Lavrentovich "Surface anchoring and growth pattern of the first-order structural transition in a smectic A liquid crystal", Proc. SPIE 2175, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications III, (4 April 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.172125

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