Determination of anchoring energy for nematic onto ferroelectric substrate

A technique to determine anchoring energy of planar MBBA layer with cleavage surfaces of triglycine sulphate is presented. The method is based on guest-host phenomenon in impure nematic. The anchoring energy W = (1.0±0.3)·10 −4 erg/ cm 2 is calculated within Rapini-Papoular approximation.

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Published in	Solid state communications Vol. 87; no. 9; pp. 751 - 753
Main Authors	Gunyakov, V.A., Parshin, A.M., Khrustalev, B.P., Shabanov, V.F.
Format	Journal Article
Language	English
Published	Elsevier Ltd 01.09.1993
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Summary:	A technique to determine anchoring energy of planar MBBA layer with cleavage surfaces of triglycine sulphate is presented. The method is based on guest-host phenomenon in impure nematic. The anchoring energy W = (1.0±0.3)·10 −4 erg/ cm 2 is calculated within Rapini-Papoular approximation.
ISSN:	0038-1098 1879-2766
DOI:	10.1016/0038-1098(93)90406-D