Weak surface energy in nematic dispersions: Saturn ring defects and quadrupolar interactions

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-170

  Mondain Monval, O ^a   Dedieu, J C ^a   Gulik Krzywicki, T ^a   Poulin, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

61.30.Jf Defects in liquid crystals; 82.70.Dd Colloids; 83.70.Jr Liquid crystals: nematic, cholesteric, smectic, discotic, etc.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000257767     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050992     Document Type: Article

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