Competing alignments of nematic liquid crystals on square-patterned substrates.

Anquetil-Deck, Candy.

Cleaver, D. J. (Douglas J.)

Atherton, Timothy J.

2012

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  • A theoretical analysis is presented of a nematic liquid crystal confined between substrates patterned with squares that promote vertical and planar alignment. Two approaches are used to elucidate the behavior across a wide range of length scales: Monte Carlo simulation of hard particles and Frank-Oseen continuum theory. Both approaches predict bistable degenerate azimuthal alignment in the bulk ... read more
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