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Despite the large quantity of phenomenological information
concerning the bulk properties of nematic phase liquid crystals,
little is understood about the origin of the surface energy,
particularly the surface, interfacial, and anchoring properties of
liquid crystals that affect the performance of liquid crystal
devices. Self-contained and unique, Adsorption Phenomena and
Anchoring Energy in Nematic Liquid Crystals provides an account of
new and established results spanning three decades of research into
the problems of anchoring energy and adsorption phenomena in liquid
crystals. The book contains a detailed discussion of the origin and
possible sources of anchoring energy in nematic liquid crystals,
emphasizing the dielectric contribution to the anchoring energy in
particular. Beginning with fundamental surface and anchoring
properties of liquid crystals and the definition of the nematic
phase, the authors explain how selective ion adsorption, dielectric
energy density, thickness dependence, and bias voltage dependence
influence the uniform alignment of liquid crystals and affect the
performance of liquid crystal devices. They also discuss
fundamental equations regulating the adsorption phenomenon and the
dynamic aspects of ion adsorption phenomenon in liquid crystalline
systems. Adsorption Phenomena and Anchoring Energy in Nematic
Liquid Crystals serves as an excellent source of reference for
graduates and researchers working in liquid crystals, complex
fluids, condensed matter physics, statistical physics, chemical
engineering, and electronic engineering, as well as providing a
useful general introduction to and background information on the
nematic liquid crystal phase.
Despite the large quantity of phenomenological information
concerning the bulk properties of nematic phase liquid crystals,
little is understood about the origin of the surface energy,
particularly the surface, interfacial, and anchoring properties of
liquid crystals that affect the performance of liquid crystal
devices. Self-contained and unique, Adsorption Phenomena and
Anchoring Energy in Nematic Liquid Crystals provides an account of
new and established results spanning three decades of research into
the problems of anchoring energy and adsorption phenomena in liquid
crystals. The book contains a detailed discussion of the origin and
possible sources of anchoring energy in nematic liquid crystals,
emphasizing the dielectric contribution to the anchoring energy in
particular. Beginning with fundamental surface and anchoring
properties of liquid crystals and the definition of the nematic
phase, the authors explain how selective ion adsorption, dielectric
energy density, thickness dependence, and bias voltage dependence
influence the uniform alignment of liquid crystals and affect the
performance of liquid crystal devices. They also discuss
fundamental equations regulating the adsorption phenomenon and the
dynamic aspects of ion adsorption phenomenon in liquid crystalline
systems. Adsorption Phenomena and Anchoring Energy in Nematic
Liquid Crystals serves as an excellent source of reference for
graduates and researchers working in liquid crystals, complex
fluids, condensed matter physics, statistical physics, chemical
engineering, and electronic engineering, as well as providing a
useful general introduction to and background information on the
nematic liquid crystal phase.
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