Monodomain alignment of the smectic-A liquid crystalline phase from the isotropic phase

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Reznikov, Mitya ^a   Wall, Bentley ^a   Handschy, Mark A ^b   Bos, Philip J ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Displaytech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POWDERS;

GROWTH RATES; SMECTIC-A;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 50849127122     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2969906     Document Type: Article

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