Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 44, Number 2, October II 1998
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Page(s) | 198 - 204 | |
Section | Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1998-00445-5 | |
Published online | 01 September 2002 |
Observation of an anchoring transition in a discotic liquid crystal
1
Department of Electronic Engineering, Trinity College, University of Dublin - Dublin 2, Ireland
2
Institute of Physics, Silesian University - Katowice, Poland
Received:
23
July
1998
Accepted:
19
August
1998
We report the anchoring transition in a discotic liquid crystal, hexapentyloxy triphenylene (HPT), from edge-on to side-on alignment in a discotic phase. The topology, easy direction of orientation and the coating of the substrate with a polymer are the determining factors for the alignment and the anchoring transition in a discotic liquid crystal.
PACS: 61.30.Eb – Experimental determinations of smectic, nematic, cholesteric, and other structures / 61.30.Gd – Orientational order of liquid crystals; electric and magnetic field effects on order / 64.70.Md – Transitions in liquid crystals
© EDP Sciences, 1998
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