Destabilizing effect of a surface electric field generated by ionic adsorption on the molecular orientation of nematic liquid crystals

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Pereira ◽  
F. Batalioto ◽  
L. R. Evangelista
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Molecular Orientation ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Ionic Adsorption ◽  
Surface Electric Field

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION AND ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC FLOW IN HOMOGENEOUS ER FLUIDS

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (06n07) ◽  
pp. 973-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROKI IWATSUKI ◽  
NAOTO GOHKO ◽  
HIROSHI KIMURA ◽  
YUICHI MASUBUCHI ◽  
JUN-ICHI TAKIMOTO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Molecular Orientation ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Polypropylene Glycol ◽  
Homogeneous Fluid ◽  
Immiscible Liquids ◽  
Electrohydrodynamic Flow ◽  
Er Fluids ◽  
Er Fluid

Homogeneous ER fluid is an ER fluid which consists of a homogeneous fluid only; it is neither a suspension nor a blend of immiscible liquids. Various liquid crystals are typical examples of homogeneous ER fluids. Recently, we have found that urethane-modified polypropylene glycol (UPPG) is one of the very few examples of homogeneous ER fluids which show no liquid crystalline order. In order to clarify the mechanism of the ER effect in this fluid, we have studied, in this paper, electrohydrodynamic flow under shear and electric field.

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