Mechanism of liquid crystal alignment on submicron patterned surfaces

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 960-964

  Rastegar, A ^a   Skarabot M ^a,b   Blij, B ^a   Rasing, Th ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 0001200334     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1335649     Document Type: Article

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