Monte Carlo simulation of the director field of a nematic liquid crystal with three elastic coefficients

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Gruhn, T ^a   Hess, S ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0039568214     PISSN: 09320784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/zna-1996-1-201     Document Type: Article

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