Planar nematic anchoring due to a periodic surface potential

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4747-4751

  Wen, Bing ^a   Rosenblatt, Charles ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035340392     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1359757     Document Type: Article

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