Pretransitional nematic ordering in liquid crystals with dispersed polymer networks

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

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1637-1645

  Fung, Y K ^a   Borstnik, A ^b   Zumer, S ^b   Yang, D K ^a   Doane, J W ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIREFRINGENCE; CALCULATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BISACRYLOYLOXY HEXYLOXYBIPHENYLENE; CYANOBIPHENYLS; LANDAU DE GENNES THEORY; NEMATIC ORDERING; POLYMER FIBRILS;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0031076586     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.1637     Document Type: Article

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