Free-surface effects on the response of nematic liquid crystal films to a laser pulse

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1561-1571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ru-Pin Pan ◽  
Shyu-Mou Chen ◽  
Hung-Yu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Laser Pulse ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Surface Effects ◽  
Liquid Crystal Films ◽  
Crystal Films

scholarly journals Effects of spatially-varying substrate anchoring on instabilities and dewetting of thin nematic liquid crystal films

Soft Matter ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (44) ◽  
pp. 10187-10197
Author(s):  
Michael-Angelo Y.-H. Lam ◽  
Lou Kondic ◽  
Linda J. Cummings
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Surface Evolution ◽  
Liquid Crystal Films ◽  
Crystal Films ◽  
Spatially Varying ◽  
Variable Substrate

We investigate (theoretically and numerically) free surface evolution of nematic liquid crystal films in the presence of variable substrate anchoring.

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