Our Facebook account

N. V. Kamanina^1,2,@, Yu. A. Zubtsova¹, A. S. Toikka², S. V. Likhomanova¹, A. Zak^3,4, R. Tenne³

Author affiliations
¹Vavilov State Optical Institute, Department of Photophysics of Media with Nanoobjects,
5 Kadetskaya Liniya V.O., korpus 2, Saint-Petersburg, 199053, Russia
E-mail: nvkamanina@mail.ru
²Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University (“LETI”),
5 Prof. Popova St., Saint-Petersburg, 197376, Russia
³Weizmann Institute, Department of Materials and Interfaces,
Rehovot 76100, Israel
E-mail: reshef.tenne@weizmann.ac.il
⁴Holon Institute of Technology, Faculty of Sciences,
52 Golomb Street, Holon 58102, Israel

Abstract
Time parameters (reaction time and relaxation time of medium) of liquid crystal cell sensitized with WS₂ nanoparticles and constructed taking into account the modification of the conductive ITO coating by carbon nanotubes are considered. Carbon nanotubes were vertically deposited on the surface of the conductive layer using the laser method and the orientation effect of an electric field with a strength of 600 V/cm. The use of two control functions, namely: the sensitization process of mesophase volume and nanostructuring of the solid – liquid crystal interface allowed increasing the mesophase switching performance and significantly reducing the resistance of the conductive layers acted as orientant and conductor.

Keywords: liquid crystals, sensitization process of LC mesophase, WS₂ nanoparticles, surface relief of interface, carbon nanotubes, laser oriented deposition method