Effect of nanoconfinement on liquid-crystal polymer chains

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 22, 2005, Pages

  Micheletti, Davide ^a   Muccioli, Luca ^a   Berardi, Roberto ^a   Ricci, Matteo ^a   Zannoni, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOTROPIC BOUNDRIES; NANOCONFINEMENT; POLYMER CHAINS; SURFACE ALIGNMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLARIZATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 29144487805     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2125707     Document Type: Article

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