on Friday, July 9, 2010

Author(s): C. J. Holmes, S. L. Cornford, and J. R. Sambles

Conventional nematic liquid crystal cells are fabricated with small surface pretilt of the director induced by rubbed polymer alignment. Depending on the orientation of the bounding surfaces, this may lead to two slightly different untwisted director configurations, splay and parallel. This small di...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 248301] Published Mon Jun 14, 2010