An AC Electrooptic Technique for Measuring the Flexoelectric Coefficient $\mathsf(e_1 + e_3)$ and Anchoring Energies of Nematics

Warrier, Sobha R.; Madhusudana, N.V.

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dc.contributor.author	Warrier, Sobha R.	-
dc.contributor.author	Madhusudana, N.V.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2007-01-11T10:16:25Z	-
dc.date.available	2007-01-11T10:16:25Z	-
dc.date.issued	1997	-
dc.identifier.citation	Journal de Physique II, 1997, Vol.7, p1789-1803	en
dc.identifier.issn	1155-4312	-
dc.identifier.issn	1286-4870 (Online)	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1897	-
dc.description	Restricted Access. Please click on the alternative location for the open-access full text.	en
dc.description.abstract	We report an AC technique to measure both the sign and magnitude of (e1 + e3) using electrooptic measurements on a hybrid aligned nematic cell. A detailed numerical analysis of the optical signal allows us to obtain the temperature dependences of (e1 + e3), the rotational viscosity coefficient $\gamma_1$ as well as the anchoring strengths at the two surfaces. Our measurements on CCH-7 show the following interesting results. a) The extrapolation length L1 at the homeotropic surface shows a small decrease as the temperature is increased to 66 $^{\circ}$C beyond which it shows a sharp increase which we interpret as arising from a softening of the chains of the aligning ODSE layer. b) The slope of the temperature dependence of the extrapolation length $L_{\rm u}$. at the homogeneous surface changes sign around 72 $^{\circ}$C. c) (e1 + e3)/S is a constant upto 72 $^{\circ}$C and decreases rapidly beyond this temperature. The last two results are attributed to an increase in the conformational freedom between the rings of CCH-7 molecules beyond that temperature.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	EDP Sciences	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1997215	en
dc.rights	(1997) Les Editions de Physique	en
dc.title	An AC Electrooptic Technique for Measuring the Flexoelectric Coefficient $\mathsf(e_1 + e_3)$ and Anchoring Energies of Nematics	en
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