Phase behavior of a nematic liquid crystal in contact with a chemically and geometrically structured substrate

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

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Harnau, L ^a,b   Kondrat, S ^a,b   Poniewierski, A ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRANK-OSEEN MODEL; NEMATIC TEXTURES;

PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEXTURES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 27244441955     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.011701     Document Type: Article

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