Wetting transition and divergence of the extrapolation length near the nematic-isotropic transition

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 610-613

  Vandenbrouck, F ^a   Bardon, S ^a   Valignat, M P ^a   Cazabat, A M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0000027763     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.610     Document Type: Article

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