Patterned surface anchoring of nematic droplets at miscible liquid–liquid interfaces

X Wang, Y Zhou, YK Kim, DS Miller, R Zhang… - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on the internal configurations of droplets of nematic liquid crystals (LCs; 10–50 μm-
in-diameter; comprised of 4-cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl and 4-(3-acryloyloxypropyloxy) …

Electro-optical response of an ionic-surfactant-doped nematic cell with homeoplanar–twisted configuration transition

VS Sutormin, MN Krakhalev, OO Prishchepa… - Optical Materials …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
This study is concerned with the optical response of an electro-optical material consisting of
nematic liquid crystal as well as ionic surfactant as a dopant. The dopant is a key component …

Optical textures and orientational structures in cholesteric droplets with conical boundary conditions

AP Gardymova, MN Krakhalev, VY Zyryanov - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cholesteric droplets dispersed in polymer with conical boundary conditions have been
studied. The director configurations are identified by the polarising microscopy technique …

Electrically controlled local Frédericksz transition in a layer of a nematic liquid crystal

VS Sutormin, MN Krakhalev, OO Prishchepa… - JETP letters, 2012 - Springer
A local Frédericksz transition caused by electrically controlled surface anchoring in a
nematic liquid crystal has been implemented owing to the displacement of surface-active …

Equilibrium locations of defects in two-dimensional configurations of the NLC director field

OS Tarnavskyy, MF Ledney - Liquid Crystals, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We revisit the problem of finding the equilibrium location of the defect in two-dimensional
configurations of the nematic liquid crystal (NLC) director field within the framework of the …

Orientational transition in the cholesteric layer induced by electrically controlled ionic modification of the surface anchoring

VS Sutormin, IV Timofeev, MN Krakhalev… - Liquid …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A reorientation of cholesteric liquid crystal with a large helix pitch induced by the
electrically controlled ionic modification of the surface anchoring has been studied. In initial …

Polarization of light by a polymer film containing elongated drops of liquid crystal with inhomogeneous interfacial anchoring

VA Loiko, AV Konkolovich, VY Zyryanov… - Optics and …, 2017 - Springer
An optico-mechanical model describing the coherent (directed) transmittance and the
degree of polarization of forward-transmitted light by a polymer film with elongated liquid …

Light transmission of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer composed of droplets with inhomogeneous surface anchoring

VA Loiko, VY Zyryanov, AV Konkolovich… - Optics and …, 2016 - Springer
We have developed a model and realized an algorithm for the calculation of the coefficient
of coherent (direct) transmission of light through a layer of liquid crystal (LC) droplets in a …

Electro-optical characteristics of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film controlled by ionic-surfactant method

MN Krakhalev, VA Loiko, VY Zyryanov - Technical Physics Letters, 2011 - Springer
The electro-optical characteristics of a composite film based on a polymer containing
dispersed nematic liquid crystal (NLC) doped with an ionic surfactant have been studied …

Small-angle light scattering symmetry breaking in polymer-dispersed liquid crystal films with inhomogeneous electrically controlled interface anchoring

VA Loiko, AV Konkolovich, VY Zyryanov… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - Springer
We have described the method of analyzing and reporting on the results of calculation of the
small-angle structure of radiation scattered by a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film with …