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Layer and director structure in surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal cells with non-planar boundary conditions

T. P. Rieker Condensed Matter Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0390, U.S.A.
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N. A. Clark Condensed Matter Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0390, U.S.A.
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G. S. Smith Condensed Matter Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0390, U.S.A.; Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Route 22 East, Annandale, New Jersey, 08801, U.S.A.
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C. R. Safinya Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Route 22 East, Annandale, New Jersey, 08801, U.S.A.
Pages 565-576 | Accepted 02 Jun 1959, Published online: 24 Sep 2006

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