The tumbling or flow-aligning nature of nematics as predicted from the slightly bending rod molecular model

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-16

  Greco, F ^a   Marrucci, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 0009066357     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026782997209612     Document Type: Article

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