Topographic-pattern-induced homeotropic alignment of liquid crystals

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

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yi, Youngwoo ^a   Lombardo, Giuseppe ^b   Ashby, Neil ^a   Barberi, Riccardo ^b   MacLennan, Joseph E ^a   Clark, Noel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALAMITIC; CHECKERBOARD PATTERNS; DIRECTOR FIELDS; ELASTIC ENERGY DENSITIES; HOMEOTROPIC; HOMEOTROPIC ALIGNMENTS; NEMATICS; PLANAR ORIENTATIONS; SMECTICS; SQUARE WELLS; SURFACE-ANCHORING;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; WELLS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 65549153736     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.041701     Document Type: Article

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