Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 38, Issue 8, 1005(2023)
Director distribution of nematic liquid crystals in a cylindrical cavity under electric field perpendicular to the cylindrical axis
Fig. 1. (a) Schematic diagram of the initial state of the cylindrical model;(b) Rectangular coordinate system for director.
Fig. 2. Effect of electric field on director distribution of liquid crystal in cylindrical system under one elastic constant approximation. (a) θm changed with the electric field; (b) θ changed with position in the x-y plane in the electric field of 1.4 V/μm; (c) Angle θ changed with the x-axis when y=0 and the angle θ changed with the y-axis when x=0 in the different electric fields; (c) Curves of x1 and y1 coincide, curves of x2 and y2 coincide, curves of x3 and y3 coincide, and curves of x4 and y4 coincide.
Fig. 3. Effect of electric field on director distribution of liquid crystal 5CB in cylindrical system. (a) θm changed with the electric field; (b) θ changed with position in the x-y plane in the electric field of 1.3 V/μm; (c) Angle θ changed with the x-axis when y=0 and the angle θ changed with the y-axis when x=0 in the different electric fields.
Fig. 4. Effect of electric field on director distribution of liquid crystal with k22/k11=0.05 in cylindrical system. (a) θm changed with the electric field; (b) θ changed with position in the x-y plane in the electric field of 1.1 V/μm; (c) Angle θ changed with the x-axis when y=0 and the angle θ changed with the y-axis when x=0 in the different electric fields.
Fig. 5. Effect of electric field on director distribution of liquid crystal k22/k11=2 in cylindrical system. (a) θm changed with the electric field; (b) θ changed with position in the x-y plane in the electric field of 1.8 V/μm; (c) Angle θ changed with the x-axis when y=0 and the angle θ changed with the y-axis when x=0 in the different electric fields.
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Gui-jiao SUN, Yan-min LI, Yan-jun ZHANG, Hui ZHANG, Zhi-guang LI, Gui-li ZHENG, Ji-liang ZHU. Director distribution of nematic liquid crystals in a cylindrical cavity under electric field perpendicular to the cylindrical axis[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2023, 38(8): 1005
Category: Research Articles
Received: Feb. 22, 2023
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Published Online: Oct. 9, 2023
The Author Email: Yan-jun ZHANG (zyj513@hebut.edu.cn)