Nematics with dispersed polymer fibrils: A Monte Carlo study of the external-field-induced switching

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1 1, 2003, Pages 107011-107014

  Chiccoli, C ^a   Pasini, P ^a   Skacej G ^b   Zannoni, C ^c   Zumer S ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

POLYMER FIBRILS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0038055832     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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