Bistable nematic and smectic anchoring in the liquid crystal octylcyanobiphenyl (8CB) adsorbed on a MoS2 single crystal

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 4 1, 2004, Pages

  Lacaze, Emmanuelle ^a   Michel, Jean Philippe ^a   Goldmann, Michel ^b,c   Gailhanou, Marc ^b   De Boissieu, Marc ^d   Alba, Michel ^e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; GRAPHITE; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYNOMIALS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BISTABLE PLANAR ANCHORING; LANDAU-DE GENNES THEORY; LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS; MULTISTABILITY PHENOMENA;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 37649027260     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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