Anchoring and electro-optical dynamics of thin liquid crystalline films in a polyimide cell: Experiment and theory

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Lee, Lay Min ^a   Kwon, Hye J ^a   Kang, Joo H ^a   Nuzzo, Ralph G ^a   Schweizer, Kenneth S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYIMIDES; RATE CONSTANTS;

ELECTRODE ARRAYS; NANOCAVITIES; NANOSCALE FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33746104461     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2210930     Document Type: Article

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