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Liquid Crystals Volume 44, 2017 - Issue 12-13: A Festschrift in honour of Professor John William Goodby FRS; Guest Editor: Stephen Cowling
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Is the alignment of nematics on a polymer slab always along the rubbing direction? A molecular dynamics study

Mattia Felice PalermoDipartimento di Chimica Industriale ‘Toso Montanari’, Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyView further author information
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Federico BazzaniniDipartimento di Chimica Industriale ‘Toso Montanari’, Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyView further author information
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Luca MuccioliDipartimento di Chimica Industriale ‘Toso Montanari’, Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9227-1059View further author information
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Claudio ZannoniDipartimento di Chimica Industriale ‘Toso Montanari’, Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1764-1774 | Received 24 Apr 2017, Published online: 23 Jun 2017

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