Ultraweak azimuthal anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal on a planar orienting photopolymer

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Nespoulous, Mathieu ^a   Blanc, Christophe ^a   Nobili, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ADSORPTION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOPOLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING; PLANAR ORIENTING PHOTOPOLYMER; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) DOSE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 35348874844     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2784974     Document Type: Article

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