Optical detection of anchoring at free and fluid surfaces using a nematic liquid crystal sensor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Mccamley, Maureen K ^a   Crawford, Gregory P ^a   Ravnik, Miha ^b   Žumer, Slobodan ^b   Artenstein, Andrew W ^c   Opal, Steven M ^c  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROGRAPHS; OPTICAL DETECTION; PLANAR ANCHORINGS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TEXTURES;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 34948824013     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2795347     Document Type: Article

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