Tension gradients and Marangoni flows in nematic interfaces

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

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1077-1080

  Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSORS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DIFFUSOCAPILLARITY; ELECTROCAPILLARITY; INTERFACIAL STRESS BALANCE EQUATION; KINETIC COEFFICIENT; MARANGONI FLOW; TANGENTIAL FORCES; TENSION GRADIENTS; THERMOCAPILLARITY;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 0032607471     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.1077     Document Type: Article

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