Twisting transition in a fiber composed of chiral smectic-[Formula Presented] liquid crystal polymer

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

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 3611-3617

  Sones, R A ^a   Petschek, R G ^a   Cronin, D W ^b   Terentjev, E M ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; FIBERS; FREE ENERGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SURFACE TENSION;

CYLINDRICAL FIBER; SMECTIC LAYERS; TWISTING TRANSITION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0030122311     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.53.3611     Document Type: Article

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