Jones, JC;
Jones, SA;
Gradwell, ZR;
Fernandez, FA;
Day, SE;
(2022)
Defect Dynamics in Anomalous Latching of a Grating Aligned Bistable Nematic Liquid Crystal Device.
Crystals
, 12
(9)
, Article 1291. 10.3390/cryst12091291.
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Abstract
Deliberate manipulation of topological defects is of particular interest for liquid crystal applications. For example, surface bistability occurs in the grating aligned Zenithal Bistable Device due to the stabilisation of ±½ defects at the points of high surface curvature. Conventional latching between continuous and defect states has previously been simulated satisfactorily using Q-tensor models that include the effect of weak-anchoring and flexoelectricity. However, experimental studies show that some arrangements lead to anomalous latching regimes. The Q-tensor model is used to show that such effects occur when the defects become detached from the surface and have more complex paths in the bulk of the sample.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Defect Dynamics in Anomalous Latching of a Grating Aligned Bistable Nematic Liquid Crystal Device |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/cryst12091291 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12091291 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Topological defects; nematic liquid crystals; gratings; defect dynamics; bistability; LCD; ZBD |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10155697 |
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