Anomalous uniform domain in a twisted nematic cell constructed from micropatterned surfaces

Details Anomalous uniform domain in a twisted nematic cell constructed from micropatterned surfaces Anomalous uniform domain in a twisted nematic cell constructed from micropatterned surfaces

2008-12-16

arxiv.org/abs/0812.2961v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1080/02678290902898174

We have discovered an optically uniform type of domain that occurs in Twisted Nematic (TN) cells that are constructed from substrates chemically patterned with stripes via microcontact printing of Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAM); such domains do not occur in TN cells constructed from uniform substrates. In such a cell, the azimuthal anchoring at the substrates is due to the elastic anisotropy of the liquid crystal rather than the conventional rubbing mechanism. A model is presented that predicts the relative stability of the twisted and anomalous states as a function of the material and design parameters.

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