Thickness-dependent phase transition in thin nematic films

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 5232-5234

  Wittebrood, M M ^a   Luijendijk, D H ^a   Stallinga, S ^a   Rasing, Th ^a   Musevic I ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

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EID: 0000597926     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.54.5232     Document Type: Article

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