Twist-energy-driven Helfrich modulations in cholesteric liquid crystals illustrated in the transient-planar to planar transition

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

Volumn 62, Issue 3 B, 2000, Pages 3719-3723

  Watson, P ^a   Anderson, J E ^a   Bos, P J ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DEFORMATION;

HELFRICH MODULATIONS; TRANSIENT PLANAR STATES;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0034272180     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.3719     Document Type: Article

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