Anchoring and memory of the azimuthal nematic orientation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Pires, David ^a   Galerne, Yves ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT PATTERNS; AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING PROPERTIES; AZIMUTHAL NEMATIC ORIENTATIONS;

GLASS; IMPURITIES; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYMERS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33749484688     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2360224     Document Type: Article

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