Generalization of Berreman's model to the case of large amplitude of the grooves

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

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Barbero, G ^a   Gliozzi, A S ^a   Scalerandi, M ^a   Evangelista, L R ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; VECTORS;

ANCHORING ENERGY; BERREMAN'S MODEL; WEAK ANCHORING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 44149109394     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.051703     Document Type: Article

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