Figure. 3 (IMAGE)

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Figure. 3

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Two possible orientations of liquid crystals relative to the Teflon substrate: On the left, polymer chains (wavy black line) and the grooves on the alignment surface (green) are orthogonal. On the right, they are parallel. The polymer chains are perpendicular to the lamellae.

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