Collective fluctuations and wetting in nematic liquid crystals

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

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 602-609

  Ziherl, P ^a   Sarlah A ^a   Zumer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 0000868725     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.602     Document Type: Article

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