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Numerical characterization of nematic liquid crystal microstructures under applied electric fields
- Source :
- AIP Conference Proceedings.
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- AIP, 2013.
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Abstract
- In the current work we propose an efficient and accurate numerical approach to the problem of electrical characterization of Nematic Liquid Crystal (N-LC) microstructures under the influence of low-frequency AC electric fields. N-LCs are anisotropic and their electrical properties are determined by the directors' tilt angles which in turn depend on the applied electric field. Therefore, the problem is governed by a coupled system of two-dimensional PDEs: A Poisson equation with variable coefficients for the electric potential and a highly nonlinear second-order equation for the tilt angle of the directors. Both equations are solved using finite-difference schemes with relaxation and the results are found to be in good agreement with the literature. Various 2-D geometries are considered and it is shown that a low DC voltage is sufficient to tune the average refractive index of the N-LC structures under consideration.
Details
- ISSN :
- 0094243X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........dcbb5bc3f3addfc74ca1f280b4258f9f