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Downton, M.T. and Allen, M. P. . (2004) Computer simulation of liquid-crystal surface modification. Europhysics Letters, Vol.65 (No.1). pp. 48-54. ISSN 0295-5075
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-10046-x
Abstract
Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations are used to study the interplay between two different anchoring effects of spherocylinders on a modified surface consisting of hard walls onto which liquid-crystal molecules have been perpendicularly grafted. By varying both the length and grafting density of the surface molecules, a number of different and novel anchoring regimes are observed including: planar, homeotropic, tilted and decoupled planar.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Liquid crystals, Surface chemistry |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Europhysics Letters |
| Publisher: | EDP Sciences |
| ISSN: | 0295-5075 |
| Date: | January 2004 |
| Volume: | Vol.65 |
| Number: | No.1 |
| Page Range: | pp. 48-54 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1209/epl/i2003-10046-x |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
| Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Hewlett-Packard Company |
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| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/331 |
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