On the static friction torque at the interface between a nematic liquid crystal and a solid substrate

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 133-136

  Faetti, Sandro ^a   Nobili, Maurizio ^a,b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; STICTION;

NEMATIC LIQUIDS; SOLID SUBSTRATES; STATIC FRICTION; UPPER LIMITS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 0001141814     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00322-2     Document Type: Article

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