Theory of anchoring on a two-dimensionally grooved surface

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

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Fukuda, Jun Ichi ^a,b   Gwag, Jin Seog ^b,c   Yoneya, Makoto ^a,b   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

BISTABLE ANCHORING; GROOVED SURFACE; RHOMBIC GROOVES; TWO-DIMENSIONALLY GROOVED SURFACE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 40749118542     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.011702     Document Type: Article

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