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Effective-medium theory of polymer dispersed liquid crystal droplets: I: Spherical droplets

Effective-medium theory of polymer dispersed liquid crystal droplets: I: Spherical droplets
Effective-medium theory of polymer dispersed liquid crystal droplets: I: Spherical droplets
We introduce an effective-medium theory for the local field and mean dielectric function of a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film consisting of identical spherical liquid crystal droplets dispersed in a polymer matrix. The theory takes account of the tensor nature of the dielectric response of the liquid crystals and the subsequent re-orientation of the liquid crystal tensor inside the PDLC droplets, as well as the presence of other droplets. We present explicit numerical results for droplets with radial and bipolar director boundary conditions as a function of external voltage.
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Reshetnyak, V. Yu
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Sluckin, T. J.
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Reshetnyak, V. Yu, Sluckin, T. J. and Cox, S. J. (1996) Effective-medium theory of polymer dispersed liquid crystal droplets: I: Spherical droplets. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 29 (9), 2459-2465. (doi:10.1088/0022-3727/29/9/034).

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We introduce an effective-medium theory for the local field and mean dielectric function of a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film consisting of identical spherical liquid crystal droplets dispersed in a polymer matrix. The theory takes account of the tensor nature of the dielectric response of the liquid crystals and the subsequent re-orientation of the liquid crystal tensor inside the PDLC droplets, as well as the presence of other droplets. We present explicit numerical results for droplets with radial and bipolar director boundary conditions as a function of external voltage.

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Published date: 18 April 1996
Organisations: Electronics & Computer Science

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Local EPrints ID: 250977
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/250977
DOI: doi:10.1088/0022-3727/29/9/034
PURE UUID: 4ce4d40b-255c-400e-bc21-18c9b4959eb7
ORCID for T. J. Sluckin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9163-0061

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Date deposited: 08 Oct 1999
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:32

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Author: V. Yu Reshetnyak
Author: T. J. Sluckin ORCID iD
Author: S. J. Cox

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