Topological defects in nematic droplets of hard spherocylinders

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

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 5081-5091

  Dzubiella, Joachim ^a   Schmidt, Matthias ^a   Löwen, Hartmut ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POINT DEFECTS;

SPHEROCYLINDERS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0034295614     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.5081     Document Type: Article

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