Anchoring transitions of liquid crystals on SiOx

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-481

  Chen, Cheng ^a   Bos, Philip J ^a   Anderson, James E ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hana Microdisplay Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchoring transition; Nematic LC; Short range interaction; Silicon oxide alignment layer; Van der Waals potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749154206     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290801939244     Document Type: Article

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