Weak surface anchoring of liquid crystals

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6734, 1999, Pages 338-340

  Bryan Brown, G P ^a   Wood, E L ^a   Sage, I C ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OLIGOMERS; PLASTIC COATINGS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

WEAK SURFACE ANCHORING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0033609282     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20646     Document Type: Article

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