Anomalous anchoring transition in hybrid aligned nematics

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 282, Issue , 1996, Pages 259-268

  Komitov, Lachezar ^a   Rudquist, Per ^a   Strigazzi, Alfredo ^b   Warenghem, Marc ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEFECTS; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE;

ANOMALOUS ANCHORING TRANSITION; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; HYBRID ALIGNED NEMATICS; SCALAR ORDER PARAMETER;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0029702589     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259608037580     Document Type: Article

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