A mesoscale modelling study of nematic liquid crystals confined to ellipsoidal domains

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 591-603

  Bharadwaj, Rishikesh K ^a   Bunning, Timothy J ^a   Farmer, B L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033671130     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026782900202435     Document Type: Article

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