Lifting degeneracy in nematic liquid crystal viscosities with a single optical measurement
Lifting degeneracy in nematic liquid crystal viscosities with a single optical measurement
The viscosity of complex, anisotropic fluids, such as liquid crystals or their colloidal suspensions, is characterized by a number of coefficients. Methods to measure them are, typically, sensitive only to their particular combinations, hence unable to determine them individually. Using an Ericksen-Leslie model and propagation of light through aligned layers of such materials, we show theoretically and verify experimentally how this degeneracy can be lifted by exploiting both the amplitude and frequency of the voltage applied to the cell as control parameters.
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Bennett, T.P.
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Proctor, M.B.
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Kaczmarek, M.
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D'alessandro, G.
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1 July 2017
Bennett, T.P.
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Proctor, M.B.
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Kaczmarek, M.
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D'alessandro, G.
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Bennett, T.P., Proctor, M.B., Kaczmarek, M. and D'alessandro, G.
(2017)
Lifting degeneracy in nematic liquid crystal viscosities with a single optical measurement.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 497, .
(doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2017.03.020).
Abstract
The viscosity of complex, anisotropic fluids, such as liquid crystals or their colloidal suspensions, is characterized by a number of coefficients. Methods to measure them are, typically, sensitive only to their particular combinations, hence unable to determine them individually. Using an Ericksen-Leslie model and propagation of light through aligned layers of such materials, we show theoretically and verify experimentally how this degeneracy can be lifted by exploiting both the amplitude and frequency of the voltage applied to the cell as control parameters.
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Lifting degeneracy in nematic liquid crystal
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Accepted/In Press date: 2 March 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 March 2017
Published date: 1 July 2017
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Quantum, Light & Matter Group, Applied Mathematics
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/406743
ISSN: 0021-9797
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