Symmetry rules and temperature-induced anchoring transitions

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 235, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 621-628

  Jagemalm P ^a   Barbero, G ^b   Komitov, L ^a   Strigazzi, A ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES;

ANCHORING TRANSITION; LOCAL DISTORTION; POLARIZING MICROSCOPY; SANDWICH CELLS; SYMMETRY PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED; THERMOTROPIC NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

GLASS;

EID: 0039375272     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00693-2     Document Type: Article

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