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Using optical second-harmonic generation, we have measured the surface coverage, binding energy, adsorption and desorption, and orientation of a liquid-crystal monolayer on clean glass and silane-treated glass. The results show that the short-range surface interaction does not necessarily dictate the bulk alignment of a liquid crystal.
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Mullin et al. (1989) studied this question.
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