Super Liquid Crystal

Abstract:

If a spontaneous orientation order appears in the liquid crystal- droplets system of a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC), and the order parameter satisfies Ś = ≠ 0, then the corresponding state is called as the super-liquid-crystal (SLC).It is suggested that by reforming the ordinary PDLC making-scheme assumed SLC state may be observed in experiments.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 428-429)
• Pages: 561-568
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.428-429.561
• Online since: January 2010
• Authors: Guo Chen Yang
• Keywords: Liquid Crystal, Molecular Theory of Liquid Crystal, Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals, Spontaneous Orientation Order, Surface Polarization of Liquid Crystal, Van der Waals Potential

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