Alignment of a columnar hexagonal discotic liquid crystal on self-assembled monolayers

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7533-7539

  Al Lawati, Zuhoor H ^a   Bushby, Richard J ^a   Evans, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL NATURE; DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; EVANESCENT WAVE; FUNCTIONALIZED; HOMEOTROPIC ALIGNMENT; LOW ENERGY SURFACES; MECHANICAL BARRIER; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELLIPSOMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84876529491     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3111056     Document Type: Article

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