With ZnO nanorods doped in only one poly（vinyl alcohol）（PVA） layer,we observed different threshold voltages with reverse DC voltages for a liquid crystal cell.The length and diameter of the ZnO nanorod used in our experiment were about 180 nm and 20 nm,respectively.When the PVA layer on the anodic side was doped, the threshold voltage was larger than that of the pure cell;conversely,when the PVA layer on the cathodic side was doped,the threshold voltage was smaller than that of the pure cell.These results can be explained by the internal electric field model.We also observed a resonance phenomenon with a low frequency AC voltage.
In this paper, the optical-field-induced reorientation ofnematic liquid crystal （5CB） doped with a volume fraction of 1.0% of zinc porphyrin dimers ο, ο-C2-（L-Thr）-C2-（TPP）2Zn（II）2 has been studied. Excited by 1.06 lain, YAG laser pulse with 10 ns pulse duration and 100 mJ pulse energy, both of the doped 5CB and pure 5CB perform the reorientation. When the exciting laser pulse withdraws, the doped 5CB retains the reorientation and without back to the initial orientation, and the memory effect is formed accordingly, whereas the pure 5CB relax to the initial orientation. A model considering the intermolecular coupling change between the dopant and host 5CB, and together with the aligning surface adsorption process of deformed dopant are present to explain this memory effect. In order to prove this mechanism, 5CB doped with another dopant （zinc porphyrin, ZnTPP） was used for contrast, which induces no such memory effect. This phenomenon is very useful to study the optical data storage and memory display.
LI TaoXIANG YingWEI Wen-guoLU De-meiCHEN Xian-guang
