Phase-ordering dynamics of the Gay-Berne nematic liquid crystal

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

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 6831-6840

  Billeter, Jeffrey L ^a   Smondyrev, Alexander M ^b   Loriot, George B ^a   Pelcovits, Robert A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.6831     Document Type: Article

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