Effect of director fluctuations on the surface tension of nematic liquid crystals

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

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages R4749-R4751

  Braun, F N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EXTRAPOLATION; SURFACE TENSION; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

DIRECTOR FLUCTUATIONS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032614195     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.R4749     Document Type: Article

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