Landau–de gennes theory of the chevron structure in a smectic liquid crystal

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

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 3783-3792

  Vaupotic N ^a,b,c   Kralj, S ^a,b,c   Copic M ^a,b,c   Sluckin, T J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012213588     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.54.3783     Document Type: Article

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