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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. doi:10.1209/epl/i2003-10046-x 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 | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Liquid crystals, Surface chemistry | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Europhysics Letters | ||||
Publisher: | EDP Sciences | ||||
ISSN: | 0295-5075 | ||||
Official Date: | January 2004 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.65 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 48-54 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1209/epl/i2003-10046-x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Hewlett-Packard Company |
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