Anchoring of Liquid Crystals on Self-Organized Microwrinkles

The self-organized microwrinkles can serve as a surface alignment layer to align nematic liquid crystals, which is primarily based on the groove mechanism. The azimuthal anchoring energy is discussed and estimated from the groove topography and the actual twist angle in the twisted nematic cell.

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