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Slight changes with temperature in the director orientation at the surface of a perfect planar cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) layer, which are precursors of a jump in the pitch of the cholesteric helix, are observed by measuring the temperature dependence of the optical transmission spectra of the layer. The observed changes in the director orientation are described in the framework of the continuum theory of CLCs, supplemented with allowance for the surface anchoring forces. In particular, the angle of deviation of the director at the surface from the alignment direction at the exact temperature of the jump in pitch is expressed in terms of the anchoring potential. The relation obtained is use to find the anchoring potential in the samples.
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Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 63, No. 1, 37–42 (10 January 1996)
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Zink, H., Belyakov, V.A. Temperature variations in the director orientation and anchoring energy at the surface of cholesteric layers. Jetp Lett. 63, 43–49 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.566961
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