Effect of surface orientation on director configurations in a nematic droplet. A Monte Carlo simulation

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 372, Issue , 2001, Pages 157-165

  Chiccoli, C ^a   Lansac, Y ^b,d   Pasini, P ^a   Stelzer, J ^c   Zannoni, C ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Defects; Monte Carlo; Polymer dispersed liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DEFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEXTURES;

BIPOLAR CONFIGURATION; DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY; NEMATIC DROPLETS; POLYMER DISPERSED CRYSTALS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 11144239648     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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