Correlation of liquid crystal alignments on gratings with the thickness of liquid crystal films

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 515, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2026-2030

  Yuan Ming Huang, ^a   Chen, Lanli ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alignment; Atomic force microscopy; Liquid crystal; Optical gratings; Optical microscopy

Indexed keywords

HOLOGRAPHY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS; OPTICAL GRATINGS; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33750801906     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2006.04.053     Document Type: Article

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