Homeotropic alignment of columnar liquid crystals in open films by means of surface nanopatterning

Advanced Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 815-820

  Gearba, Raluca I ^a,e   Anokhin, Denis V ^a   Bandar, Alexander I ^b   Bras, Wim ^c   Jahr, Michael ^d   Lehmann, Matthias ^d   Ivanov, Dimitri A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SURFACES ET INTERFACES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; HEATING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SPIN COATING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ISOTROPIZATION; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (POM); SURFACE NANOPATTERNING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34250659816     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200602460     Document Type: Article

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