Radial configurations of smectic A materials and focal conics

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 11-22

  Calderer, M Carme ^a   Liu, Chun ^b   Voss, Karl ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal conics; Liquid crystal; Smectic A; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006955603     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00159-6     Document Type: Article

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