Chemical Physics Letters ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2017-12-21 , DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.12.055 A.V. Zakharov , P.V. Maslennikov
The peculiarities in the dynamics of the director reorientation in confined nematic liquid crystals (LCs) under the influence of a strong electric field E directed at an angle α to the magnetic field B have been investigated theoretically on the basis of the hydrodynamic theory including the director motion with appropriate boundary and initial conditions. Analysis of the numerical results for the turn-on process, when the strong electric field E is suddenly applied, provides an evidence for the appearance of the spatially periodic patterns in confined LC film. Calculations show that when the angle α tends to be 90°, the optimum wavelength, giving the fastest response, provides the lower effective viscosity γeff(α), which is less than one in the bulk nematic phase. So, a lower value of γeff(α) gives a faster relaxation times, as observed experimentally by using the time-resolved deuterium NMR spectroscopy.
中文翻译:
局域向列液晶中指向矢重取向动力学的场致特性
在强电场E的作用下,密相向列液晶(LCs)中指向矢重取向动力学的特殊性定向成角度α对磁场B在水动力理论的基础上进行了理论研究,包括具有适当边界和初始条件的指向矢运动。对于强电场E时开启过程的数值结果进行分析突然施加了α射线,这为局限LC膜中空间周期性图案的出现提供了证据。计算表明,当夹角α往往是90°时,最佳波长,给予最快的响应,提供了较低的有效粘度γ EFF(α),在批量向列相中小于一。所以,较低的值γ EFF(α) 通过使用时间分辨氘NMR光谱在实验中观察到,它给出了更快的弛豫时间。