First-order liquid crystal orientation transition on inhomogeneous substrates

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

Volumn 69, Issue 2 1, 2004, Pages

  Tsui, Ophelia K C ^a   Lee, Fuk Kay ^a   Zhang, Baoshe ^a   Sheng, Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; EXTRAPOLATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEXTURES;

AZIMUTHAL ANGLES; ELASTIC ENERGY; PATTERN PERIODICITY; POLAR ANCHORING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 42749107509     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.021704     Document Type: Article

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