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Landau–de Gennes theory of anchoring transitions at a nematic liquid crystal–substrate interface

P. I. C. Teixeira Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO9 5NH, England
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T. J. Sluckin Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO9 5NH, England
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D. E. Sullivan Department of Physics and Guelph-Waterloo Program for Graduate Work in Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Pages 1243-1253 | Published online: 24 Sep 2006

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