Anchoring transitions in nematic-discotic lyotropic mesophase under magnetic field
A. NESRULLAJEV1,*
Affiliation
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Laboratory of Liquid and Solid Crystals, 48000 Kötekli Muğla, Turkey
Abstract
Magneto-morphologic and orientational properties of the lyotropic nematic-discotic ND mesophase have been studied by the
polarizing optical microscopy technique. Texture transformations from the schlieren texture to the homeotropic alignment
and from the homeotropic alignment to the planar alignment have been investigated. Occurrence of these alignments has
been studied by the optical and conoscopic/orthoscopic observations. The changes of the angle between the director and a
normal to the surface of the sandwich-cell, and the optical birefringence under magnetic field vs. time have been
determined..
Keywords
Lyotropic nematic mesophase, Amphiphile system, Homeotropic alignment, Planar alignment, Birefringence.
Citation
A. NESRULLAJEV, Anchoring transitions in nematic-discotic lyotropic mesophase under magnetic field, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 3-4, March-April 2015, pp.398-403 (2015).
Submitted at: April 29, 2014
Accepted at: March 19, 2015