Article
Interplay between anchoring and wetting at a nematic-substrate interface
Author/s | Rodríguez Ponce, Inmaculada
Romero Enrique, José Manuel ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Velasco, Enrique Mederos, Luis Rull Fernández, Luis Felipe |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear |
Publication Date | 1999 |
Deposit Date | 2016-03-31 |
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Abstract | We use a generalized van der Waals molecular theory to study a model substrate-nematic interface in
the regime of complete wetting and in a situation of competing interactions at the interface. The analysis
shows that ... We use a generalized van der Waals molecular theory to study a model substrate-nematic interface in the regime of complete wetting and in a situation of competing interactions at the interface. The analysis shows that an anchoring transition between states with planar and homeotropic director configuration may play the role of a prewetting transition, and that reentrant anchoring must generally occur. As a result one expects complete wetting in a finite temperature range. The study provides a general context within which anchoring and wetting phenomena can be related |
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