Contribution of the ionic adsorption phenomenon to the effective anchoring energy of a nematic liquid-crystal sample

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4 1, 2003, Pages 407011-407014

  Pereira, H A ^a   Batalioto, F ^a   Evangelista, L R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHEMISORPTION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; PERMITTIVITY; POISSON EQUATION;

ANCHORING ENERGY; IONIC ADSORPTION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0346934881     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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