Density Functional Model of Anchoring Energy at a Liquid Crystalline Polymer – Solid Interface
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A statistical mechanical expression for the anisotropic surface (anchoring) en~ ergy of a nematic polymer melt is derived m the molecular field approximation using the density functional approach It is shown that this
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