Theory of light scattering by thin nematic liquid crystal films

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

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 6085-6092

  Stallinga, S ^a   Wittebrood, M M ^a   Luijendijk, D H ^a   Rasing, Th ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; FREE ENERGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TENSORS; THIN FILMS; VECTORS;

BORN APPROXIMATION; FILM THICKNESS; FLUCTUATION WAVE VECTORS; HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; ORIENTATIONAL FLUCTUATIONS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0030170262     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.53.6085     Document Type: Article

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