Abstract
Self-organization of polymer dispersed nematic droplets has been observed experimentally. Self-organization is manifested in the spatial periodic distribution of drop clusters as well as in the orientational ordering of the symmetry axes of the droplet structures. The possible elastic and electrostatic mechanisms for the phenomena are discussed. Dispersions of liquid-crystalline droplets are of interest because of their unusual physical properties (l) and practical applications 121. In this preliminary communi- cation we report experimental observations of a nqw effect of droplet self-organization in polymer dispersed liquid crystal films. Self-organization is manifested, firstly, in the spatial periodic distribution of droplet clusters and secondly, in the orientational ordering of the symmetry axes of the drop structures.
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