Physics of colloidal dispersions in nematic liquid crystals

Physics Report

Volumn 351, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 387-474

  Stark, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

61.30.Cz; 61.30.Jf; 77.84.Nh; 82.70.Dd; Colloidal dispersions; Complex geometries; Flocculation; Nematic liquid crystals; Stokes drag; Topological defects; Two particle interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001743951     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(00)00144-7     Document Type: Review

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