Naturally Occurring Reverse Tilt Domains in a High-Pretilt Alignment Nematic Liquid Crystal

Authors

Ruiting Wang, Case Western Reserve University
Timothy J. Atherton, Case Western Reserve University
Minhua Zhu, Case Western Reserve University
Rolfe G. Petschek, Case Western Reserve UniversityFollow
Charles Rosenblatt, Case Western Reserve UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-9-2007

Abstract

A cell whose substrates were coated with the polyamic acid SE1211 (Nissan Chemical Industries) and baked at high temperatures was filled with a nematic liquid crystal in the isotropic phase. On cooling into the nematic phase, naturally occurring and temporally and thermally robust reverse tilt domains separated by thin filamentlike walls were observed. The properties of these structures are reported.

Keywords

filament like walls, isotropic phase, polyamic acids, nematic liquid crystals, cooling, organic acids

Publication Title

Physical Review E

Rights

© 2007 The American Physical Society.

Recommended Citation

Naturally Occurring Reverse Tilt Domains in a High-Pretilt Alignment Nematic Liquid Crystal. Wang R., Atherton T.J., Zhu M., Petschek R.G., Rosenblatt C., Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 76:2, 2007.