Layer undulations in finite samples of smectic-A liquid crystals subjected to uniform pressure and magnetic fields

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

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 5926-5933

  Stewart, I W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DIAMAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MOLECULAR ALIGNMENT; SMECTIC LAYER UNDULATIONS; UNIFORM PRESSURE;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032209235     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.5926     Document Type: Article

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