The effect of rubbing strength on the formation of zigzag defects in surface stabilised ferroelectric liquid crystals

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 412, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Zheng, W ^a   Underwood, I ^a   Macdonald, B F ^a   Cole, R J ^a   Vass, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Ferroelectric liquid crystal; FLC alignment; Reflection anisotropy spectroscopy; Rubbed polyimide; Zigzag lines

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELLIPSOMETRY; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYIMIDES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL (FLC); FLC ALIGNMENT; REFLECTION ANISOTROPY SPECTROSCOPY; RUBBED POLYIMIDE; ZIGZAG LINES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 12844275045     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400490439860     Document Type: Conference Paper

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