WALL-INDUCED PRETRANSITIONAL BIREFRINGENCE - NEW TOOL TO STUDY BOUNDARY ALIGNING FORCES IN LIQUID-CRYSTALS

被引：220
作者：
MIYANO, K
机构：
[1] Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1979年 / 43卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.51
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
A wall-induced birefringence in a nematic liquid crystal above the nematic-isotropic phase transition point has been observed for the first time. It is expected that this phenomenon will provide a useful tool to study the nature of aligning forces at liquid-crystal-solid interfaces. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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