Anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal induced by surface grooves: A numerical study

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

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Fukuda, Jun Ichi ^a   Yoneya, Makoto ^b   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^b  

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

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ANCHORING ENERGY; AZIMUTHAL-ANGLE DEPENDENCE; SURFACE GROOVES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 40949154235     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.030701     Document Type: Article

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