Effect of substrate geometry on liquid-crystal-mediated nanocylinder-substrate interactions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Cheung, David L ^a   Allen, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECT STRUCTURES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POWDERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SUBSTRATES;

ENERGY MINIMUM; GROOVE WIDTH; LIQUID CRYSTAL (LC); MEDIATED INTERACTION; NANO CYLINDERS; RECTANGULAR GROOVES; STRUCTURED SUBSTRATE; SUBSTRATE GEOMETRY; SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 52349122620     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2977968     Document Type: Article

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