Cell dynamics model of droplet formation in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals

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

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1805-1815

  Teixeira, P I C ^a   Mulder, B M ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE DIFFER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0006827584     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.53.1805     Document Type: Article

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