Substrate-induced bulk alignment of liquid crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 2461-2465

  Zhang, Zhengping ^a,d   Chakrabarti, Amitabha ^a   Mouritsen, Ole G ^b   Zuckermann, Martin J ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d The University of Akron   (United States)

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EID: 0000233782     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.53.2461     Document Type: Article

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