The phase transition between chiral nematic and smectic A* liquid crystals

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-186

  Bauman, Patricia ^a   Calderer, M Carme ^b   Liu, Chun ^c   Phillips, Daniel ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036877117     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00205-002-0223-8     Document Type: Article

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