Effects of temperature on the alignment and electrooptical responses of a nematic nanoscale liquid crystalline film

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 32, 2006, Pages 15782-15790

  Lee, Lay Min ^a   Kwon, Hye J ^a   Nuzzo, Ralph G ^a   Schweizer, Ken S ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

ELECTROOPTICAL (EO) DYNAMICS; RELAXATION RATES; SURFACE-INDUCED ALIGNMENT; THERMAL RELAXATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33748521236     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp056047u     Document Type: Article

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