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S Zumer

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PubMed1999

NMR spectra from Monte Carlo simulations of polymer dispersed liquid crystals.

We present the calculation of NMR line shapes, including dynamical effects, of polymer dispersed liquid crystals starting from the Monte Carlo configurations simulated for a lattice spin model. We consider droplets with radial, bipolar, and random boundary conditions and examine to what extent their predicted deuterium NMR spectra differ in the presence of molecular motion.

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PubMed1999

Nematic ordering in a cell with modulated surface anchoring: effects of flexoelectricity.

We have analyzed molecular ordering in a nematic sample sandwiched between two parallel substrates, characterized by a periodically varying anchoring easy axis. If the periodicity lambda is smaller than the Debye screening length l(D) and the nematic material possesses flexoelectric properties, it is necessary to take into account also the electrostatic and flexoelectric contributions in the thermodynamical potential when the actual director field is determined. In this framework, for small deviations from the homeotropic alignment we have derived analytical expressions for the tilt angle (theta) and the electrical potential. To establish a connection with experimentally observable quantities, we have related the theta profile to the average and investigated its behavior for different values of lambda, the flexoelectric coefficient, and the anchoring strength w. Our results indicate that in a nematic with pronounced flexoelectric properties for small enough lambda, a kind of subsurface deformation appears, which substantially decreases . Therefore, effects of flexoelectricity cannot be neglected in treating nematic cells with modulated anchoring which allows bistable ordering.

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