Switching and defect dynamics in multistable liquid crystal devices
Soft Condensed Matter
2011-02-08 v1
Abstract
We investigate the switching dynamics of multistable nematic liquid crystal devices. In particular we identify a remarkably simple 2-dimensional (2D) device which exploits hybrid alignment at the surfaces to yield a bistable response. We also consider a 3-dimensional (3D) tristable nematic device with patterned anchoring, recently implemented in practice, and discuss how the director and disclination patterns change during switching.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1102.1330,
title = {Switching and defect dynamics in multistable liquid crystal devices},
author = {A. Tiribocchi and G. Gonnella and D. Marenduzzo and E. Orlandini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.1330},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
3 pages, 3 figures