Depression of the nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature at nanopatterned surfaces

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

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 7-

  Wen, Bing ^a   Kim, Jong Hyun ^b   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^b,c   Rosenblatt, Charles ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC ENERGY; NANOSCOPIC CONTROL; NEMATIC LAYERS; NEMATIC ORDERS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYIMIDES; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349100862     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.041502     Document Type: Article

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