Wetting-driven casimir force in nematic liquid crystals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1189-1192

  Ziherl, P ^a   Podgornik, R ^a   Zumer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 0000988249     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1189     Document Type: Article

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