Modeling the Wilhelmy surface tension method for nematic liquid crystals

Langmuir

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 845-849

  Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TENSION; TEXTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

WILHELMY SURFACE TENSION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0033639543     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la9902542     Document Type: Article

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