Abstract
Film thickness dependences of the unified surface anchoring strengths from the splay deformation for nematic cells were discussed. Thin nematic parallel ( d = 2–50 μm) and wedge ( d = 0.3–5 μm) cells with the same solid surface were prepared to evaluate the surface anchoring strength. The surface anchoring strengths from the splay deformations for two kinds of liquid crystals were measured by using the saturation method. The nematogens used were 4-pentyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl and mixture compound ZLI-4792 (Merck Japan Co., Ltd.) with positive dielectric anisotropy. Film thickness dependence of the surface anchoring strength was elucidated on the basis of the conventional ionic surface polarization. It was also discussed that a surface anchoring strength from the splay deformation is to be an intrinsic value defined at an interfacial region and not a value changing with the film thickness.
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