Effects of surface morphology on the anchoring and electrooptical dynamics of confined nanoscale liquid crystalline films

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 50, 2002, Pages 15020-15029

  Noble, Alison R ^a   Kwon, Hye J ^a   Nuzzo, Ralph G ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERDIGITATED ELECTRODE ARRAYS (IDA);

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SURFACES; THIN FILMS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

MORPHOLOGY;

4 N PENTYL 4' CYANOBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; FILM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0037132668     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja021001p     Document Type: Article

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