Display options
Cite
Ramdane OO, Auroy P, Forget S, et al. Memory-free conic anchoring of liquid crystals on a solid substrate. Phys Rev Lett. 2000;84(17):3871-4doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3871.
Ramdane, O. O., Auroy, P., Forget, S., Raspaud, E., Martinot-Lagarde, P., & Dozov, I. (2000). Memory-free conic anchoring of liquid crystals on a solid substrate. Physical review letters, 84(17), 3871-4. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3871
Ramdane, et al. "Memory-free conic anchoring of liquid crystals on a solid substrate." Physical review letters vol. 84,17 (2000): 3871-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3871
Ramdane OO, Auroy P, Forget S, Raspaud E, Martinot-Lagarde P, Dozov I. Memory-free conic anchoring of liquid crystals on a solid substrate. Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Apr 24;84(17):3871-4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3871. PMID: 11019227.
Copy Download .nbib Format: NLM
Share it on

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Apr 24;84(17):3871-4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3871.

Memory-free conic anchoring of liquid crystals on a solid substrate.

Physical review letters

Ramdane, Auroy, Forget, Raspaud, Martinot-Lagarde, Dozov

Affiliations

  1. Institut Curie, UMR 168, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.

PMID: 11019227 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3871

Abstract

We show that the anchoring memory of liquid crystals on solid substrates can be completely removed by grafting highly mobile polymer chains. Using grafted polystyrene, we obtain uniform, stable, and reproducible memory-free and conically degenerated anchoring of the nematic 5CB. The symmetry of the conic anchoring enables two different zenithal anchoring breakings, towards homeotropic and planar states. Under external torques we observe both of them, with weak thresholds.

Publication Types