Anchoring Energy or Surface Melting in Nematic Liquid Crystals?

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作者：
Barbero, G. [1 ]
Durand, G. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Politecn Turin, Dipartimento Fis, I-10129 Turin, Italy
[2] Univ Paris Sud, Phys Solides Lab, F-91405 Orsay, France
来源：
MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS | 1991年 / 203卷
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D O I：
10.1080/00268949108046044
中图分类号：
O6 [化学];
学科分类号：
0703 ;
摘要：
The influence of the spatial variation of the scalar order parameter on the anchoring energy is analysed. It is shown that if the nematic average orientation is forced to change too rapidly, a surface melting is expected. Furthermore, by considering two typical situations in which the surface scalar parameter is different or equal to the bulk one, the renormalization of the anchoring energy is estimated.
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页码：33 / 44
页数：12
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