Determination of azimuthal anchoring energy in grating-aligned twisted nematic liquid-crystal layers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2483-2487

  Wood, E L ^a,b   Bradberry, G W ^a   Cann, P S ^a   Sambles, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b DRA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010258247     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.366060     Document Type: Article

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