Surface induced phase separation and pattern formation at the isotropic interface in chiral nematic liquid crystals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Zola, R S ^a,c   Evangelista, L R ^b   Yang, Y C ^a   Yang, D K ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CONFINED SYSTEMS; CRITICAL RATIO; CRYSTAL TRANSITION; DISLOCATION DEFECTS; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; FIBROUS COMPOSITES; HELICAL PITCH; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PATTERN FORMATION; SIMULATION STUDIES; STRIPE STRUCTURE; SURFACE-ANCHORING; THIN LIQUIDS; WETTING LAYER; WETTING STRENGTH; WETTING TRANSITIONS;

ANISOTROPY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SEPARATION;

WETTING;

EID: 84873829427     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.057801     Document Type: Article

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