Surface stabilized nematic phase in a magnetic fluid

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 314-319

  Barbero, G ^a   Bourdon, A ^b   Bee, A ^b   Figueiredo Neto, A M ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MAGNETISM;

COHERENCE LENGTHS; GLASS SURFACES; MAGNETIC GRAIN SIZE; NEMATIC ORDER; NEMATIC PHASE; ORDERED PHASE; SURFACE ORDERING;

WETTING;

EID: 0347245427     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(99)00440-5     Document Type: Article

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