Thermomechanical Reorientation in Nematic Liquid Crystals, By Jafar Poursamad Bonab

Research

Title	Thermomechanical Reorientation in Nematic Liquid Crystals
Type	Article
Keywords	nematic liquid crystal, temperature gradient, director
Researchers	Jafar Poursamad Bonab

Abstract

Thermomechanical mechanism of the director reorientation in twisted nematic liquid crystals caused by the one-dimensional longitudinal temperature gradient is predicted and studied theoretically. The calculated director reorientations are in the range that can be measured experimentally very easily.