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Switching and induced flow effects in chiral smectic C liquid crystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1997

GEORGE I. BLAKE ,
FRANK M. LESLIE  and
MIKE J. TOWLER
GEORGE I. BLAKE
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Livingstone Tower, Strathclyde University, Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XH, UK
FRANK M. LESLIE
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Livingstone Tower, Strathclyde University, Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XH, UK
MIKE J. TOWLER
Affiliation:
Defence Research Agency, St. Andrews Road, Malvern, Worcester WR14 3PS, UK
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Abstract

We consider a chiral smectic C liquid crystal confined between parallel plates in the bookshelf geometry. Using a recently proposed continuum theory for such materials the behaviour of the cell is discussed when an electric field is applied and subsequently removed from the cell. We examine both symmetric and asymmetric boundary conditions for the director.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , June 1997 , pp. 263 - 270
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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