SETUP FOR SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF AZIMUTHAL AND POLAR ANCHORING ENERGY OF LIQUID CRYSTAL WITHIN SINGLE CELL IN AUTOMATIC REGIME
Abstract
New applications of liquid crystal materials in fabrication processes of LC panels, 3D displays, organic semiconductor and photonic devices has significantly broadened the requirements to the performance and characteristics of modern alignment materials. Development of novel alignment materials is impossible without effective and reliable control of the anchoring energy of the materials. However the present measurement methods of these parameters often being of low precision have high labour intensity of measurement. In this paper the authors’ principles of simultaneous measurement of azimuthal and polar anchoring energy of liquid crystal within single twist-nematic lqiudi crystal cell are presented. The innovative measurement methods are implemented in setup for simultaneous measurement of azimuthal and polar anchoring energy of liquid crystal within cell in automatic regime based on series polarizing microscope «Micro 200T» JSC ‘Optoelectronic Systems’, Belarus.
About the Authors
An. . Murauski
Institute of chemistry of new materials of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Al. . Muravsky
Institute of chemistry of new materials of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
V. . Agabekov
Institute of chemistry of new materials of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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