Effects of polymer surface structures on liquid crystal alignment studied with molecular dynamics simulations

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 817-827

  Yoneya, Makoto ^a   Iwakabe, Yasushi ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

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EID: 0001595907     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678299608032898     Document Type: Article

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