Alignment memory of a nematic liquid crystal and thermal isotropization of the surface adsorbed layer

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Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Nych, A B ^a,b   Reznikov, D Yu ^b   Boiko, O P ^a   Nazarenko, V G ^a   Pergamenshchik, V M ^a,c   Bos, P ^b  

^a Institute of Physical Chemistry   (Ukraine)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

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EID: 79051470680     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: 12864854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/81/16001     Document Type: Article

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