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  • Title: Light- and electric-field-induced first-order orientation transitions in a dendrimer-doped nematic liquid crystal.
    Author: Babayan EA, Budagovsky IA, Shvetsov SA, Smayev MP, Zolot'ko AS, Boiko NI, Barnik MI.
    Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys; 2010 Dec; 82(6 Pt 1):061705. PubMed ID: 21230682.
    Abstract:
    Interaction of light and ac electric fields with a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) doped with nanosized second-generation carbosilane codendrimers containing terminal azobenzene fragments has been studied. A first-order Freedericksz transition in the linearly polarized light, accompanied by an intrinsic bistability in a wide region, was observed. An additional ac electric field decreases the light-induced Freedericksz transition threshold and narrows the bistability region. Light illumination transforms the second-order electric-field-induced Freedericksz transition to a first-order one. The width of the bistability region increases with the light wave intensity. The theory of the interaction of light and ac electric fields with the dendrimer-doped NLCs is developed taking into account an additional (with respect to the undoped nematic host) dependence of the optical torque on the angle between the director and the light field.
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