Influence of Anchoring Energy on Orientational Ordering and Phase Transition in Nematic Droplets in Polymer Matrix

Igor P. Pinkevich Kiev State University., Kiev

Victor Yu. Reshetnyak Institute of Surface Chemistry, Kiev

Yurij A. Rezinkov Institute of Physics Ukr. Academy of Sciences, Kiev

Alexander G. Smirnov Minsk Radioengineering Institute, Minsk, USSR

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Analytical expressions are obtained for spatial distribution of the director and the order parameter in a spherical nematic droplet as well as for the shift of the phase transition temperature. The cases of small and large values of anchoring are considered

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