Subsurface deformations in nematic liquid crystals: The hexagonal lattice approach

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

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 571-580

  Skacej G ^a   Pergamenshchik, V M ^b   Alexe Ionescu, A L ^c   Barbero, G ^d   Zumer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL LATTICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULES; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES;

EXTERNAL ANCHORING; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; INTRINSIC ANCHORING; SUBSURFACE DEFORMATIONS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031185963     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.571     Document Type: Article

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