A model of an aligned nematic droplet for small angle light scattering study

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 6155-6159

  Huang, Z ^a,b   Chidichimo, G ^a   Nicoletta, F P ^a   De Simone, B C ^a   Caruso, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIREFRINGENCE; COOLING; HELIUM NEON LASERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ALIGNED NEMATIC DROPLETS; ANOMALOUS DIFFRACTION APPROXIMATION; HOLLOW SPHERIC SCATTERER MODEL; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0030416916     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.363689     Document Type: Article

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