Dependence of the anchoring energy on the applied voltage in a nematic cell.
A nematic liquid crystal cell in the shape of a slab of thickness d and containing ionic impurities is considered in the presence of a dc voltage. A complete theoretical model to determine the electric field distribution across the sample is used to explain the experimental dependence of the effective anchoring energy of the cell on the applied voltage, in the limit of high voltage.
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