Periodic Domain Structures in Thin Hybrid Nematic Layers
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics
- Vol. 179 (1) , 125-132
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268949008055362
Abstract
Director distribution in the plane ef a thin equilibrium nematic layer with different and degenerate orientations of molecules on upper and lower surfaces is found to be periodic in the absence of external fields (Fig. 1).Keywords
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