Thermal relaxation model of surface director gliding in lyotropic liquid crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 4314-4320

  Galatola, P ^a   Barbero, G ^a   Zvezdin, A K ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0042015590     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.4314     Document Type: Article

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