https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817303002
Modeling Static Electric Field Effect on Nematic Liquid Crystal Director Orientation in Side-Electrode Cell
1 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
2 Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia
3 Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
4 Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
5 Physics Institute of Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, CNISM, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
6 National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, Russia
7 Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
* e-mail: ayriyan@jinr.ru
** e-mail: yegorov@kapella.gpi.ru
Published online: 14 February 2018
A two-dimensional model of Fredericks effect was used for the investigation of the static electric field influence on nematic liquid crystal director orientation in the side-electrode cell. The solutions of the equations describing the model were obtained by finite-difference methods. Fredericks transition threshold for the central part of the cell, as well as dependencies of the distribution of the director orientation patterns on the electric field and location, were obtained. The numerical results are found to agree qualitatively with the experiment. Further investigations are needed to elucidate completely the Fredericks effect.
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