scholarly journals Cross-effects between Mechanical and Electric Fields in Liquid Crystalline Solution of Poly(γ-benzyl L-glutamate)

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshinori Imai ◽  
Tomonori Mizunoya ◽  
Kazuyuki Hiraoka ◽  
Takuhei Nose ◽  
Munehiro Date ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Crystalline Solution

scholarly journals Symmetry aspects in the macroscopic dynamics of magnetorheological gels and general liquid crystalline magnetic elastomers

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Pleiner ◽  
Helmut R. Brand
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Time Reversal ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Second Law Of Thermodynamics ◽  
Time Reversal Symmetry ◽  
Local Conservation ◽  
Continuous Symmetry ◽  
Polar Order ◽  
Preferred Direction ◽  
Symmetry Properties

Abstract We investigate theoretically the macroscopic dynamics of various types of ordered magnetic fluid, gel, and elastomeric phases. We take a symmetry point of view and emphasize its importance for a macroscopic description. The interactions and couplings among the relevant variables are based on their individual symmetry behavior, irrespective of the detailed nature of the microscopic interactions involved. Concerning the variables we discriminate between conserved variables related to a local conservation law, symmetry variables describing a (spontaneously) broken continuous symmetry (e.g., due to a preferred direction) and slowly relaxing ones that arise from special conditions of the system are considered. Among the relevant symmetries, we consider the behavior under spatial rotations (e.g., discriminating scalars, vectors or tensors), under spatial inversion (discriminating e.g., polar and axial vectors), and under time reversal symmetry (discriminating e.g., velocities from polarizations, or electric fields from magnetic ones). Those symmetries are crucial not only to find the possible cross-couplings correctly but also to get a description of the macroscopic dynamics that is compatible with thermodynamics. In particular, time reversal symmetry is decisive to get the second law of thermodynamics right. We discuss (conventional quadrupolar) nematic order, polar order, active polar order, as well as ferromagnetic order and tetrahedral (octupolar) order. In a second step, we show some of the consequences of the symmetry properties for the various systems that we have worked on within the SPP1681, including magnetic nematic (and cholesteric) elastomers, ferromagnetic nematics (also with tetrahedral order), ferromagnetic elastomers with tetrahedral order, gels and elastomers with polar or active polar order, and finally magnetorheological fluids and gels in a one- and two-fluid description.

Coupled electric fields in photorefractive driven liquid crystal hybrid cells – theory and numerical simulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Moszczyński ◽  
A. Walczak ◽  
P. Marciniak
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Laser Beam ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Driving Field ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Photosensitive Polymer ◽  
Photosensitive Layer ◽  
External Driving

AbstractIn cyclic articles previously published we described and analysed self-organized light fibres inside a liquid crystalline (LC) cell contained photosensitive polymer (PP) layer. Such asymmetric LC cell we call a hybrid LC cell. Light fibre arises along a laser beam path directed in plane of an LC cell. It means that a laser beam is parallel to photosensitive layer. We observed the asymmetric LC cell response on an external driving field polarization. Observation has been done for an AC field first. It is the reason we decided to carry out a detailed research for a DC driving field to obtain an LC cell response step by step. The properly prepared LC cell has been built with an isolating layer and garbage ions deletion. We proved by means of a physical model, as well as a numerical simulation that LC asymmetric response strongly depends on junction barriers between PP and LC layers. New parametric model for a junction barrier on PP/LC boundary has been proposed. Such model is very useful because of lack of proper conductivity and charge carriers of band structure data on LC material.

scholarly journals Influence of applied electric fields on the positive magneto-LC effects observed in the ferroelectric liquid crystalline phase of a chiral nitroxide radical compound

Soft Matter ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 4687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuaki Suzuki ◽  
Yoshiaki Uchida ◽  
Rui Tamura ◽  
Yohei Noda ◽  
Naohiko Ikuma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Crystalline Phase ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Nitroxide Radical ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Phase

Orientation of Liquid Crystalline Epoxides under ac Electric Fields

1997 ◽  
Vol 30 (15) ◽  
pp. 4278-4287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Shiota ◽  
Christopher K. Ober
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Ac Electric Fields

Self-assembled liquid crystalline solution processable semiconductors

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxim N. Shkunov ◽  
Weimin Zhang ◽  
Clare Bailey ◽  
Bryan Fleming ◽  
Mark Giles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Solution Processable ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Crystalline Solution
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