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Liquid crystal (LC) molecules have a preferred orientation on a bounding surface. The angle, αo, that they form with the surface in the absence of applied fields is called the initial tilt angle and is an important measure of the liquid crystal-surface interaction.
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Birecki, H., Kahn, F.J. (1980). Accurate Optical Measurement of Small Tilt Angles in Thin Twisted Nematic Layers. In: Sprokel, G.J. (eds) The Physics and Chemistry of Liquid Crystal Devices. The IBM Research Symposia Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2183-3_10
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