Experimental relationship between surface and bulk rotational viscosities in nematic liquid crystals

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 734-744

  Oswald, P ^a   Poy, G ^a   Vittoz, F ^a   Popa Nita, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

nematic liquid crystals; polymercaptan layer; rotational bulk viscosity; rotational surface viscosity; sliding anchoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877823324     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2013.783936     Document Type: Article

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