The Techniques of Surface Alignment of Liquid Crystals

Babakhanova, Greta; Lavrentovich, Oleg D.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21755-6_7

Title: The Techniques of Surface Alignment of Liquid Crystals

Journal Article · Wed Sep 04 04:00:00 UTC 2019 · Springer Proceedings in Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21755-6_7 · OSTI ID:1897118

Babakhanova, Greta ^[1]; Lavrentovich, Oleg D. ^[2]

Kent State Univ., Kent, OH (United States); Kent State University
Kent State Univ., Kent, OH (United States)

Alignment of liquid crystal (LC) molecules is an important topic of physics of anisotropic fluids. Here, the boundary conditions and the surface properties of the material in contact with an LC dictate the preferred orientation of the molecules at the interface.

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Research Organization:: Kent State Univ., Kent, OH (United States)

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Journal Information:: Springer Proceedings in Physics, Journal Name: Springer Proceedings in Physics Vol. 223; ISSN 0930-8989

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