Effect of microtextured substrates on the molecular orientation of a nematic liquid-crystal sample

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

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Batalioto, F ^a   Bechtold, I H ^a   Oliveira, E A ^a   Evangelista, L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM ELASTIC THEORY; MICROTEXTURED SUBSTRATES; PHOTOPOLYMERIC FILMS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PLASTIC FILMS; SUBSTRATES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 28844505742     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.031710     Document Type: Article

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