Expulsion of disclinations in nematic liquid crystals

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-59

  Biscari, Paolo ^a,b   Sluckin, Timothy J ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037311641     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956792502005016     Document Type: Article

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