The anchoring of a cholesteric liquid crystal at the free surface

Journal de Physique II

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 827-844

  Meister, R ^a   Dumoulin, H ^a   Halle M A ^a   Pieranski, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFACIAL ENERGY; OLIGOMERS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TENSION;

ANCHORING ENERGY; DISTORTION ENERGY; FREE SURFACE; HALF HELICAL PITCH;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0030173966     PISSN: 11554312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/jp2:1996214     Document Type: Article

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