Simulations of liquid crystal hydrodynamics in the isotropic and nematic phases

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 481-487

  Denniston, C ^a   Orlandini, E ^b   Yeomans, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0034638533     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00463-3     Document Type: Article

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