Dilution of nematic surface potentials: Statics

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

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 5401-5406

  Sonnet, André M ^a   Virga, Epifanio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACE POTENTIAL;

DECAY LAW; DILUTION MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM PROFILES; SATURATION FIELDS; SURFACE EXTRAPOLATION; THIN BOUNDARY LAYERS; WEAK ANCHORING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0009478542     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.5401     Document Type: Article

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