Disclination unbinding transition in quantum Hall liquid crystals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2001, Pages

  Wexler, C ^a   Dorsey, Alan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0035884529     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.115312     Document Type: Article

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