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Section 4: Structures, defects

The effect of substrate surface smoothness on the chevron layer structure of surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals

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Pages 75-82 | Received 30 Aug 1999, Published online: 09 Mar 2011
 

Abstract

For freedom from zigzag defects in SSFLCD, it is important to research in detail the effect of surface smoothness of substrate on the chevron layer structure. We have studied the effect of surface roughness of undercoating layer on the surface smoothness of alignment film and then the alignment structure of SSFLC. Furthermore, we suggest a model for explaining the freedom from defects in a SSFLC by investigating theoretically the free energy of Cl and C2 chevron structure.

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