Optical aspects of inhomogeneous molecular order in confined NLC systems: Monte Carlo studies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6654, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pawlik, Grzegorz ^a   Mitus, Antoni C ^a   Kajzar, Francois ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Liquid crystals; Monte Carlo; Nano dispersed liquid crystals; Pretilt; Refractive index; Transmission; Twisted nematic liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANCHORING; NANO-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 42149195345     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.731679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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