Aging in glassy polymer-liquid-crystal layers

被引:7
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作者
Antonova, Krassimira [1 ,2 ]
Slyusarenko, Kostyantyn [1 ,3 ]
Buluy, Oleksandr [1 ,3 ]
Blanc, Christophe [1 ]
Joly, Stephane [4 ]
Reznikov, Yuriy [3 ]
Nobili, Maurizio [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, Lab Colloides Verres & Nanomat, F-34090 Montpellier, France
[2] Bulgarian Acad Sci, Inst Solid State Phys, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria
[3] Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, Inst Phys, UA-03039 Kiev, Ukraine
[4] Nemopt LCD Adv Technol, F-78114 Magny Les Hameaux, France
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 2011年 / 83卷 / 05期
关键词
DYNAMICS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.83.050701
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
We present in this Rapid Communication experimental evidence of an acceleration of the zenithal easy-axis dynamics of a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) with the age of a NLC-polymer layer. The comparison with other hard alignment layers strongly indicates that the polymer softness and its ability to reorient in the nematic ordering field is at the origin of the measured dynamics. The unusual acceleration of the dynamics with the polymer age is discussed in terms of this unique coupling with the NLC order. The NLC behaves like a physical plasticizer as a result of the coupling between the NLC and the polymer orders.
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