Long-range Casimir interactions between impurities in nematic liquid crystals and the collapse of polymer chains in such solvents

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 729-734

  Bartolo, D ^b   Long, D ^a,b   Fournier, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

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EID: 0034635687     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00211-3     Document Type: Article

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