Search Results - "KOMITOV, L"

Surface polymer-stabilised in-plane field driven vertical alignment liquid crystal device by Kang, Shin-Woong, Choi, Young Eun, Lee, Byeong Hoon, Lee, Jun Hee, Kundu, Sudarshan, Jin, Heui-Seok, Yun, Yong Kuk, Lee, Seung Hee, Komitov, L.

“…In-plane field driven vertical alignment device using a liquid crystal with positive dielectric anisotropy has been studied. In the device, the distance…”
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Exploring the mesomorphic potential of 2,4-disubstituted thiophenes: a structure-property study by Matharu, A. S., Karadakov, P. B., Cowling, S. J., Hegde, Gurumurthy, Komitov, L.

“…The synthesis and mesomorphic properties of 25 novel esters derived from 4-substituted thiophene-2-carboxylic acids and either (S)-1-methylheptyl…”
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Light-induced anchoring transition in a 4,4'-disubstituted azobenzene nematic liquid crystal by Komitov, L., Ichimura, K., Strigazzi, A.

“…The behaviour of a liquid crystalline azobenzene material possessing a nematic phase was studied under UV illumination. It was found that a uniformly aligned…”
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Controllable alignment of nematics by nanostructured polymeric layers by Komitov, L., Barbero, G., Dahl, I., Helgee, B., Olsson, N.

“…A method for a continuous control of the pretilt angle of the easy axis in the range 0-90° degrees and of the anchoring strength by using nanostructured…”
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Photoinduced anchoring transitions in a nematic doped with azo dyes by Komitov, L., Ruslim, C., Matsuzawa, Y., Ichimura, K.

“…Recently, we reported on a light-induced anchoring transition of an azobenzene nematic from planar to homeotropic alignment. In the proposed model of the…”
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Siloxane antiferroelectric liquid crystalline dimer exhibiting two field-free zero birefringent states by Olsson, N., Dahl, I., Helgee, B., Komitov, L.

“…We studied the optical and electro-optical properties of a siloxane antiferroelectric liquid crystalline dimer exhibiting a large molecular tilt that reached a…”
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An electro-optic device based on field-controlled anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal by Jägemalm, P., Komitov, L., Barbero, G.

“…A surface-controlled electro-optic device using a nematic liquid crystal enclosed between two thin spaced glass plates is presented. Modulation angles of the…”
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Volume-stabilized ULH structure for the flexoelectro-optic effect and the phase-shift effect in cholesterics by RUDQUIST, P., KOMITOV, L., LAGERWALL, S. T.

“…Flexoelectric coupling gives rise to a linear electro-optic response in cholesterics (flexoelectrooptic effect) with a uniformly lying helix (ULH) structure…”
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Photochromic ferroelectric liquid-crystalline polymer by Komitov, L., Helgee, B., Andersson, G., Hjertberg, T.

“…In this paper we report on the photo‐control of the electro‐optic response of photochromic ferroelectric liquid‐ crystalline polysiloxane in the SmC* phase, in…”
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Rubbed polyimide films studied by scanning force microscopy by Kim, Y. B., Olin, H., Park, S. Y., Choi, J. W., Komitov, L., Matuszczyk, M., Lagerwall, S. T.

“…The surfaces of rubbed polyimide films for aligning liquid crystal have been studied by atomic force microscopy. The unrubbed films consisted of randomly…”
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Spontaneous chiral domains in the nematic phase of achiral trans-4-alkylcyclohexanecarboxylic acids by TORGOVA, S. I., KOMITOV, L., STRIGAZZI, A.

“…We have discovered a spontaneous chiral ordering in thermotropic nematic liquid crystals forming hydrogen bonds, namely in trans -4-alkylcyclohexanecarboxylic…”
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Switching of Electrically Commanded Alignment Layers Probed by Optical Second Harmonic Generation by Kunstelj, K., Drevenšek-Olenik, I., Helgee, B., Komitov, L.

“…Optical second harmonic generation (SHG) was used to probe the response of a 200 nm thick electrically commanded alignment layer made of ferroelectric liquid…”
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Horizontal chevron domain formation and smectic layer reorientation in SmC liquid crystals stabilized by polymer networks by DIERKING, I., KOMITOV, L., LAGERWALL, S. T., WITTIG, T., ZENTEL, R.

“…The influence of a polymer network, stabilizing an initial texture of horizontal chevron geometry, on the in-plane smectic C* layer reorientation process is…”
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Temperature induced anchoring transition in nematic liquid crystals with two-fold degenerate alignment by JAGEMALM, P, KOMITOV, L

“…The two-fold degenerate alignment of nematic liquid crystals provided by obliquely evaporated SiOx layers was studied as a function of temperature. A…”
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The flexoelectro-optic effect in cholesterics by RUDQUIST, P., CARLSSON, T., KOMITOV, L., LAGERWALL, S. T.

“…The flexoelectro-optic effect in short-pitch cholesterics [1] is analysed in terms of applied electric field strengths and material parameters such as the two…”
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Symmetry rules and temperature-induced anchoring transitions by Jägemalm, P., Barbero, G., Komitov, L., Strigazzi, A.

“…A sandwich cell made of two flat glass substrates covered with obliquely evaporated SiO x and filled with a common thermotropic nematic liquid crystal is…”
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Surface energy of a nematic liquid crystal in contact with structured surfaces by Alexe-Ionescu, A L, Barbero, G, Komitov, L

“…A generalization of the functional form of the anchoring energy of a nematic liquid crystal in contact with a structured surface is proposed. The structured…”
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Dynamics of the smectic layer reorientation of ferroelectric liquid crystals by DIERKING, I., KOMITOV, L., LAGERWALL, S. T.

“…Detailed experimental results of a systematic investigation of the dynamics of the in-plane smectic layer reorientation in SmC* ferroelectric liquid crystals…”
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Formation characteristics of horizontal chevron structures in ferroelectric liquid crystal cells by DIERKING, I., KOMITOV, L., LAGERWALL, S. T.

“…The formation process of field induced smectic C* layer structures known as 'horizontal chevrons' has been investigated as a function of external parameters…”
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Liquid Crystalline Polysiloxane with 45° Molecular Tilt in the SmC Phase by Galli, G., Ragnoli, M., Chiellini, E., Komitov, L., Andersson, G.

“…We synthesized a new chiral liquid crystalline monomer and the corresponding polysiloxane and investigated their electro-optic responses. The monomer exhibited…”
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