Surface-monolayer-induced bulk alignment of liquid crystals: From nematic to smectic-A phase

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

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1873-1879

  Qian, Tiezheng ^a   Zhuang, Xiaowei ^a   Shen, Y R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0005466992     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.1873     Document Type: Article

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