Guo, TianyiZheng, XiaoyuPalffy-Muhoray, Peter2024-04-262024-04-262019-01-01https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2019.1660425https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/36152<p>The uploaded version of this paper can be found here: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.08361">https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.08361</a>.</p>In this paper, we propose a suitable surface energy expression for cholesteric liquid crystals. We show that there exists a symmetry allowed term for chiral nematics that doesn’t appear in the traditional Rapini-Papoular surface energy form. We discuss some consequences of this new surface anchoring term.surfance anchoringcholesteric liquid crystalsymmetrychiralityarticle