Surface viscosity and anchoring energy effects on the relaxation of a nematic liquid crystal cell

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 647-654

  Santoro, P A ^a   Silva, A T ^a   Lenzi, E K ^a   Evangelista, L R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

anchoring energy; liquid crystals; reorientation; surface viscosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860160219     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2012.669856     Document Type: Article

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