Optical determination of large distortion surface anchoring torques in a nematic liquid crystal

dc.contributor.author	Barbero, G
dc.contributor.author	Madhusudana, N V
dc.contributor.author	Palierne, J F
dc.contributor.author	Durand, G
dc.date.accessioned	2007-06-18T06:50:37Z
dc.date.available	2007-06-18T06:50:37Z
dc.date.issued	1984-07
dc.description	Restricted Access.	en
dc.description.abstract	We have measured the angular dependence of the surface torque associated with a relatively weak anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal, for large deviations θ (near π/2) from the orientation of minimum energy. Analysing the torque in a Fourier series, we find that in addition to the usual first term, viz. sin 2θ, an important contribution from a sin 6θ term is needed to adequately represent the experimental variation.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Physics Letters A, 1984, Vol.103, p385-388	en
dc.identifier.issn	0375-9601
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2953
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier B.V.	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(84)90137-3	en
dc.rights	1984 Elsevier B.V.	en
dc.title	Optical determination of large distortion surface anchoring torques in a nematic liquid crystal	en
dc.type	Article	en

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