Kinetics of phase ordering of nematic liquid crystals confined in porous media

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

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1812-1814

  Popa Nita, Vlad ^a   Constantin, Doru Cosmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; KINETIC THEORY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

PHASE ORDERING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032606760     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.1812     Document Type: Article

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