Liquid crystal pretilt control by inhomogeneous surfaces

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

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Wan, Jones T K ^a   Tsui, Ophelia K C ^a   Kwok, Hoi Sing ^a   Sheng, Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT PATCHES; LC PRETILT CONTROL; PRETILT ALIGNMENT; STRIPE PATTERNS;

EXTRAPOLATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 27244450826     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.021711     Document Type: Article

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