Role of boundary conditions in the annihilation of nematic point defects

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

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 3027-3032

  Peroli, G Guidone ^a   Virga, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0008039464     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.3027     Document Type: Article

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