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Theo Rasing
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NSRIM, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Igor Muševič
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Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages I-XIII
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- Theo Rasing, Igor Mnševič
Pages 1-2
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- Igor Muševič, Cindy Nieuwkerk, Theo Rasing
Pages 3-16
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- Marija Vilfan, Boštjan Zalar, Gregory P. Crawford, Daniele Finotello, Slobodan Žumer
Pages 17-40
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- Irena Drevenšek-Olenik, Silvia Soria, Martin Čopič, Gerd Marowsky, Theo Rasing
Pages 111-137
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- Jan Lüning, Mahesh G. Samant
Pages 139-173
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- Theo Rasing, Jan Gerritsen
Pages 175-210
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- Andreja Šarlah, Slobodan Žumer
Pages 211-247
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- Cindy Nieuwkerk, Bianca van der Zande
Pages 249-279
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- Theo Rasing, Igor Muševič
Pages 281-282
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Back Matter
Pages 283-296
About this book
Igor Musevic, Cindy Nieuwkerk and Theo Rasing Since the pioneering work on surface-induced alignment of liquid crystals, performed by Lehmann [1], Grandjean [2], Mauguin [3], Chatelain [4], and others [5], scientist have been looking for the answer to the question: why do certain surfaces align liquid crystals and others not'? The answer to this question has become even more important with the advent of modern liquid crystal display technologies, that are based on re liable and technologically controllable surface alignment of liquid crystals, used in a variety of electrooptic devices, such as liquid crystal displays, light modulators, optical shutters, switches, holographic systems, etc. During the last decade, the progress in the technology of liquid crystal devices, as well as the discovery of a variety of novel liquid crystalline phases have triggered a considerable and intense scientific interest in the microscopic origin of surface alignment. Fortunately, this renewed scientific and techno logical interest was accompanied by the advent of modern, surface sensitive experimental techniques, that have been successfully used in the study of liquid crystal interfaces. Whereas a decade ago the mechanisms of surface alignment were "poorly understood", nowadays we can claim that we do un derstand most of the "mysteries" of the surface alignment of liquid crystals.
Authors and Affiliations
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NSRIM, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Theo Rasing
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Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Igor Muševič
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Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Igor Muševič
