Equilibrium configurations of director in a planar nematic cell with one spatially modulated surface

• Published in: Condensed Matter Physics
• Date: 2016
• Main Authors: Ledney, M.F., Tarnavskyy, O.S., Lesiuk, A.I., Reshetnyak, V.Yu.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2016
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/156210
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Equilibrium configurations of director in a planar nematic cell with one spatially modulated surface / M.F. Ledney, O.S. Tarnavskyy, A.I. Lesiuk, V.Yu. Reshetnyak // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2016. — Т. 19, № 3. — С. 33604: 1–11. — Бібліогр.: 27 назв. — англ.

We study two-dimensional equilibrium configurations of nematic liquid crystal (NLC) director in a cell confined between two parallel surfaces: a planar surface and a spatially modulated one. The relief of the modulated surface is described by a smooth periodic sine-like function. The director easy...