화학공학소재연구정보센터
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.302, 199-199, 1997
Numerical-Calculations of Electroclinic Effect - Effect of the Polar Anchoring Strength
Numerical calculations of the electroclinic effect in the smectic-A phase, which is based on the Landau-type free energy formula, are performed. Experimentally, the deviation of the bulk EC director from the rubbing direction has been observed. Our numerical calculation of the molecular alignment can explain this phenomenon by considering the influence of the polar surface anchoring on the LC molecular orientational distribution.