Voltage-dependent anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal on a grating surface

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6674, 1998, Pages 365-367

  Bryan Brown, G P ^a   Brown, C V ^a   Sage, I C ^a   Hui, V C ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; GEOMETRY; GRATING; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032568403     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/32849     Document Type: Article

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