{"id":28933,"date":"2015-07-01T18:03:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T18:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/uncategorized\/electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:21:27","slug":"electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/ja\/simulation-standard\/electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrical Simulation of Liquid Crystals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 align=\"left\"><strong>Electrical Simulation of Liquid Crystals<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liquid Crystals (LCs) are state of matter intermediate between that of a crystalline and a liquid. The optical, mechanical, electrical and magnetic properties of LC medium are defined by the orientation order of the constituent anisotropic molecules. Due to the anisotropy of the electrical properties, the orientation of the LC molecules is effectively controlled by electric fields. As a result, LCs exhibit very specific electrooptical phenomena because of their large birefringence. All of these are important to the functional devices based on LCs, for example, flat panel displays that have been commercialized for decades.<\/p>\n<p>The constituents of LCs are elongated or rod-like molecules and disk-like molecules. The average direction of the molecular long axes defines the director n, which gives the direction of the preferred orientation of LC molecules. The LC molecules reorient in externally applied electric fields because of their dielectric anisotropy. The electric energy of a LC depends on the orientation of the director in the applied electric field. Under a given electric field, the LC will be in the equilibrium state, where the total free energy is minimized.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"782\" height=\"1012\" src=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/simstd_Q3_2015_a1.jpg\" class=\"cleaned-enfold-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/simstd_Q3_2015_a1.jpg 782w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/simstd_Q3_2015_a1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/simstd_Q3_2015_a1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/simstd_Q3_2015_a1-545x705.jpg 545w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/simstd_Q3_2015_a1-29x37.jpg 29w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/simstd_Q3_2015_a1-43x55.jpg 43w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/simstd_Q3_2015_a1-37x48.jpg 37w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/dynamicweb\/jsp\/downloads\/DownloadDocStepsAction.do?req=download&#038;nm=simstd_Q3_2015_a1.pdf\" class=\"BGT-btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Simulation Standard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liquid Crystals (LCs) are state of matter intermediate between that of a crystalline and a liquid. The optical, mechanical, electrical and magnetic properties of LC medium are defined by the orientation order of the constituent anisotropic molecules. Due to the anisotropy of the electrical properties, the orientation of the LC molecules is effectively controlled by electric fields. As a result, LCs exhibit very specific electrooptical phenomena because of their large birefringence. All of these are important to the functional devices based on LCs, for example, flat panel displays that have been commercialized for decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":19649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7570],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-simulation-standard","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Electrical Simulation of Liquid Crystals - Silvaco<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Liquid Crystals (LCs) are state of matter intermediate between that of a crystalline and a liquid.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/ja\/simulation-standard\/electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ja_JP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Electrical Simulation of Liquid Crystals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liquid Crystals (LCs) are state of matter intermediate between that of a crystalline and a liquid.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/ja\/simulation-standard\/electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Silvaco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SilvacoSoftware\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-01T18:03:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-16T15:21:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/simstd_Q3_2015_a1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"782\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1012\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casey Molver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SilvacoSoftware\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SilvacoSoftware\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u57f7\u7b46\u8005\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casey Molver\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"\u63a8\u5b9a\u8aad\u307f\u53d6\u308a\u6642\u9593\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Casey Molver\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2763eb741ca5ac04477fdff50ed84c80\"},\"headline\":\"Electrical Simulation of Liquid Crystals\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-01T18:03:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-16T15:21:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/simstd_Q3_2015_a1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Simulation Standard\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ja\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/silvaco.com\\\/ja\\\/simulation-standard\\\/electrical-simulation-of-liquid-crystals\\\/\",\"name\":\"Electrical Simulation of Liquid Crystals - 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