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Nematic liquid crystal alignment on chemical patterns

J. P. Bramble Molecular and Nanoscale Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT
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S. D. Evans Molecular and Nanoscale Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JTCorrespondence[email protected]
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J. R. Henderson Molecular and Nanoscale Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT
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C. Anquetil Materials Modelling Group, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB
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D. J. Cleaver Materials Modelling Group, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB
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N. J. Smith Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4GB
Pages 1059-1069 | Received 18 Jun 2007, Accepted 07 Aug 2007, Published online: 08 Oct 2007

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