Monte Carlo Simulation Study on Steepness Factor γ of TN Cells

摘要：

The steepness factor γ of TN cells has been studied by Monte Carlo simulations, using a lattice spin model, based upon the pair potential model which is spatially anisotropic and dependent on three elastic constants of liquid crystals. By Monte Carlo simulations and Jones matrix method, we get the electro-optical curves of TN cells and the director profiles in the middle layer at different values of k33/k11. It is shown that the curves of electro-optic characteristic are similar to that of the polar angle in the middle cell; the magnitude of k33/k11 will influence the steepness factor γof TN cells, the bigger the value of k33/k11the bigger the steepness factor γ, which is similar to the result obtained using the continuum theory. The magnitude of k33/k11 will also influence the polar angle in the middle cell, but it will not influence the twist angle in the middle layer.

关键词： TN display Gruhn-Hess pair potential steepness factor electro-optical characteristic Monte Carlo simulation

作者: ZHOU Xuan ZHANG Zhi-dong

作者单位: School of Sciences, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 11th Asian Symposium on Information Display(ASID09)(第11届亚洲信息显示会议)

会议地点: 广州

会议语种:英文

页码: 209-212

在线出版日期: 2009-10-07（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）