Bistable nematic azimuthal alignment induced by anchoring competition

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1321-1324

  Barberi, R ^a,c   Bonvent, J J ^a   Giocondo, M ^a   Iovane, M ^a   Alexe Ionescu, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0000532941     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.368200     Document Type: Article

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