Strong azimuthal anchoring energy at a nematic-polyimide interface

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

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Faetti, S ^a   Marianelli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING ENERGY; AZIMUTHAL ROTATION; SLOW DYNAMICS; SURFACE DIRECTOR ANGLE;

ELECTRIC DISTORTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REFLECTOMETERS; ROTATION; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 28844441959     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.051708     Document Type: Article

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