Aging of surface anchoring and surface viscosity of a nematic liquid crystal on photoaligning poly-(vinyl-cinnamate)

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

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Vilfan, Mojca ^a   Olenik, I Drevenšek ^a,b   Mertelj, A ^a   Copic M ^a,b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; SURFACE REACTIONS; SWELLING; VINYL RESINS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING ENERGY COEFFICIENT; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOALIGNING; POLYVINYLCINNAMATE; SURFACE ANCHORING; SURFACE VISCOSITY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0035365002     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.061709     Document Type: Article

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