Abnormal rolls and regular arrays of disclinations in homeotropic electroconvection

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

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Rossberg, Axel G ^a   Éber, Nándor ^b   Buka, Ágnes ^b   Kramer, Lorenz ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROKEN ISOTROPY; DIRECTOR CONFIGURATION; DISCLINATIONS; ELECTRO CONVECTIONS; HOMEOTROPIC; QUANTITATIVE VERIFICATION; REGULAR ARRAY; SPATIAL PERIODS;

EID: 0002009159     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.R25     Document Type: Article

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