Scaling law on molecular orientation and effective viscosity of liquid-crystalline boundary films

Tribology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Nakano, K ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effective viscosity; Electrorheological effect; Infrared adsorption spectroscopy; Liquid crystal; Molecular orientation; Surface anchoring

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; LAW; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SCALING; SOLID LUBRICANT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0242574615     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021710131040     Document Type: Article

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