Variety of wetting behaviors at the free surface of isotropic liquid crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3716-3721

  Lucht, R ^a   Bahr, Ch ^a   Heppke, G ^b   Goodby, J W ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Faculty of Science and Engineering   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042266472     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475765     Document Type: Article

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