Anchoring and gliding of easy axis of 5CB on photoaligning PVCN-F surface

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Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 603-610

  Buluy, O ^a   Iljin, A ^a   Ouskova, E ^a   Reznikov, Yu ^a   Blanc, C ^b   Nobili, M ^b   Antonova, K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SURFACES;

ALIGNING SURFACES; ANCHORING ENERGIES; ANCHORING PROPERTIES; AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING ENERGIES; AZIMUTHAL PLANES; EASY AXIS; MEASURING; PHOTOALIGNING MATERIALS; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; UV EXPOSURES;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 33845579573     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2235686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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