ON THE STATIC FRICTION TORQUE AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN A NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL AND A SOLID SUBSTRATE

Authors
FAETTI S NOBILI M
Citation
S. Faetti et M. Nobili, ON THE STATIC FRICTION TORQUE AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN A NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL AND A SOLID SUBSTRATE, Physics letters. A, 217(2-3), 1996, pp. 133-136
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
217
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
133 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1996)217:2-3<133:OTSFTA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We investigate the existence of a surface static friction torque TF On nematic liquid crystal molecules at a solid substrate. We find the up per limit tau(F) = 1.2 x 10(-6) erg/cm(2).