Weak boundary anchoring, twisted nematic effect, and homeotropic to twisted-planar transition

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Wu, Chen Xu ^a   Iwamoto, Mitsumasa ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VECTORS;

ANCHORING ENERGY; TWISTED NEMATIC (TN) EFFECTS; TWISTED PLANAR TRANSITION; WEAK BOUNDARY ANCHORING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 41349096633     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.031709     Document Type: Article

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