Anomalous uniform domain in a twisted nematic cell constructed from micropatterned surfaces

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-358

  Atherton, T J ^a   Sambles, J R ^b   Bramble, J P ^c   Henderson, J R ^c   Evans, S D ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micropatterning; Pretilt control; Self assembled monolayers; Twisted nematic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958571168     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290902898174     Document Type: Article

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