Orientation of Nematic Liquid Crystals on Random Anchoring Surface N. ARYASOVA a , A. ILJIN a , V. RESHETNYAK a;b , YU. REZNIKOV a , A. GLUSHCHENKO c and J. WEST c a Institute of Physics, Pr. Nauki, 46, Kyiv, 03039, Ukraine, b Taras Shevchenko University, Pr. Glushkova 6, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine and c Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent, OH, 44240, USA Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., Vol. 375, pp. 165-173 Copyright # 2002 Taylor & Francis 1058-725X/02 $12.00+.00 165