Scattering of light from small nematic spheres with radial dielectric anisotropy

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

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 4286-4293

  Karacali, Huseyin ^a   Risser, Steven M ^a   Ferris, Kim F ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DROP FORMATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERMITTIVITY;

HEMLHOLTZ WAVE EQUATION; RADIAL DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; RAYLEIGH-GANS APPROXIMATION; SMALL NEMATIC SPHERE;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0031244916     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.4286     Document Type: Article

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