Orientational order near the boundaries of glassy diane-based oligomers with the surrounding phases

Mesogen Molecules Orientation on Crystal Surfaces

“…In calculations the groups CH, CH 2 , CH 3 have been replaced by model atoms. Their interaction energy well corresponds to the interaction of these groups [5,16]. Such replacement smoothes a dependence of the interaction energy on some parameters defined by molecules' mutual position and simplifies the calculation.…”

“…Molecules of mesogens, some anisodiametric compounds and glass-like polymers are oriented towards the interfacial surfaces [1][2][3][4][5][6]. A lot of materials are known to align liquid crystals (LC) [7][8][9].…”