Optical alignment of liquid crystals

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 4318-4325

  Dantsker, D ^a,b   Kumar, J ^b   Tripathy, S K ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 0035871066     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1353811     Document Type: Article

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