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Now we are interested in phenomena at an interface between a liquid crystal and another phase (gas, liquid or solid) [1, 2]. Why is it important? First, the structure of a liquid crystal in a thin interfacial layer is different from that in the bulk and manifests many novel features. Second, the interface plays a decisive role in applications, because liquid crystals are always used in a confined geometry. There are two approaches to the surface problems, microscopic and macroscopic. In the first approach, we are interested in a structure and properties of interfacial liquid crystal layers at the molecular level; in the second one, we ignore the microscopic details and use only symmetry properties and the concept of the director.
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Blinov, L.M. (2011). Liquid Crystal – Solid Interface. In: Structure and Properties of Liquid Crystals., vol 123. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8829-1_10
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