Continuous versus limited smectic liquid crystal layer rotation

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 5 PART A, 1998, Pages

  Dierking, Ingo ^a   Komitov, Lachezar ^a   Lagerwall, Sven T ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric liquid crystals; Liquid crystal alignment; Smectic layer rotation; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; MOLECULAR TILT ANGLE; SMECTIC LAYER ROTATION;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032073355     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.37.l525     Document Type: Article

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