Dynamics of point defects in nematic liquid crystals

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 356-372

  Guidone Peroli, G ^a   Virga, E G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CAPILLARY TUBES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TOPOLOGY;

NONLINEAR PHYSICS; PERIODIC ARRAYS;

POINT DEFECTS;

EID: 0346952728     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)80021-8     Document Type: Article

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