ラビングセルにおける反強誘電性液晶の層回転現象

抄録

Layer rotation in antiferroelectric liquid crystal cells with rubbed pclymer film has been studied. According to the microscopic observation under the external field of various waveforms, we found that the direction of layer rotation was positive when τ_d⁺τ_d^-, and vice versa, where τ_d⁺ and τ_d^- indicate the response time from the positive ferroelectric(F) state to the antiferroelectric(AF) state and that from the negative F state to the AF state, respectively. The layer rotation angle was in proportion to the difference between τ_d^- and τ_d^-.