… fields for different Freedericksz transitions in nematic liquid … of the surface anchoring on
the Freedericksz transition in an FN … the surface effects but also for the practical application. …

… Surface effects of liquid crystals are important for both device … The study of free-surface
effects is even more interesting … the backAow effect on these time constants of freesurface (FS) …

… influence of the surface anchoring and the cell thickness on the first-order optically induced
Fréedericksz transitions. The exact criteria for the existence of the first-order transitions at the …

… to the direction of initial alignment to drive the transition. If we consider Freedericksz transitions
… The sample volume is enclosed by one pair of conducting surfaces across which the …

… We exhibit some flow aligning effects for nematic liquid crystals with various ratio of …
Fréedericksz transition in sheared nematics. Our calculations predict that surface boundary effects in …

… with a free upper surface (leaving a small gap to the … surface is nearly planar). Temperature
gradients were minimized by circulating water at the same temperature at the outer surfaces …

… The Freedericksz transition is a classic phenomenon in … this competition between surface
and bulk effects [6]. The facts … of surface and bulk effects, and that the Freedericksz transition is …

… and propose experimental methods manifesting the effects of surface interaction. The …
show that the observation of a first-order Freedericksz transition is possible in PAA (p-azoxyanisole…

… The Fréedericksz transition in twist cells of cholesteric liquid crystals with a finite surface
energy … This effect is known as the Fréedericksz transition. Particular interest is concentrated on …

… Surface effects of liquid crystals are important for both device applications and basic
understanding of physical phenomena [6]. The optical properties of devices containing nematic …