Liquid-crystal alignment on anisotropic homeotropic-planar patterned substrates

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 442, Issue , 2005, Pages 41-49

  Bechtold, I H ^a   Oliveira, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anchoring energy; Atomic force microscopy; Liquid crystal; Surface treatment; Textured substrates

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ANISOTROPY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEXTURES;

ANCHORING ENERGY; TEXTURED SUBSTRATES; TWISTED NEMATIC TEXTURE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 29644443179     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/154214090964555     Document Type: Article

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