Anchoring transition induced by gelation in a liquid crystal system

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 331-337

  Bhargavi, R ^a   Nair, Geetha G ^a   Prasad, S Krishna ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

anchoring transition; dielectric spectroscopy; nematic gels; rheology; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873877626     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201200920     Document Type: Article

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