Switching behavior of bent-core liquid crystal which was aligned by application of an in-plane electric field

Previously, we found that large aligned domains of the B2 phase of bent-shaped molecules could be obtained by application of an in-plane electric field, which could not be achieved using the rubbing technique used for the calamitic LC phases. Up to now, however, the field-induced switching by applic...

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Published inProceedings of Japanese Liquid Crystal Society Annual meeting p. 150
Main Authors Nishida, Koushi, Takanishi, Yoichi, Ishikawa, Ken, Matsuki, Yumi, Kameyama, Kenji, Sugimoto, Hiroyuki, Tokita, Toshiaki, Takezoe, Hideo
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published THE JAPANESE LIQUID CRYSTAL SOCIETY 2004
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bent-core liquid crystal
in-plane electric field
switching behavior
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Summary:Previously, we found that large aligned domains of the B2 phase of bent-shaped molecules could be obtained by application of an in-plane electric field, which could not be achieved using the rubbing technique used for the calamitic LC phases. Up to now, however, the field-induced switching by application of an electric field vertical to the substrate was not clearly observed in these aligned domains because the in-plane electrodes screened the vertical field. In this study, we used interdigitate comb-electrodes and successfully applied both the in-plane (to obtain aligned domains) and vertical (to observe the field-induced switching) electric field.
Bibliography:PA14
ISSN:1880-3490
2432-5988
DOI:10.11538/ekitou.2004.0.150.0