We report the anchoring transition in a discotic liquid crystal, hexapentyloxy triphenylene (HPT), from edge-on to side-on alignment in a discotic phase. The topology, easy direction of orientation and the coating of the substrate with a polymer are the determining factors for the alignment and the anchoring transition in a discotic liquid crystal.
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Perova et al. (1998) studied this question.