Interaction of spherical particles dispersed in a liquid crystal above the nematic-isotropic phase transition

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

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 4210-4218

  Borstnik A ^a   Stark, H ^b   Zumer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

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EID: 0001649276     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.4210     Document Type: Article

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