Determination of the anisotropic part of the surface thermodynamic potential of a nematic liquid crystal
Blinov L. M., Radzhabov D. Z., Subachyus D. B., Yablonskii S. V.
A method is proposed for determining the anisotropic surface thermodynamic potential IV of a nematic liquid crystal, which depends on the polar angle Θ. A W{ Θ) curve has been found experimentally for the nematic liquid crystal 5CB. The results are compared with a Rapini potential.