Homeotropic surface anchoring of a gay-berne nematic liquid crystal

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

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 7085-7089

  Stelzer, Joachim ^a   Longa, Lech ^b   Trebin, Hans Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 0001350701     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.7085     Document Type: Article

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