Transverse surface-induced polarization at the interface between a chiral nematic liquid crystal and a substrate

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

Volumn 67, Issue 4 1, 2003, Pages 417071-417075

  Syed, Ishtiaque M ^a   Rosenblatt, Charles ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION; SUBSTRATES; VISCOSITY;

MOLECULAR TILT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 18144411055     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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