The soliton-stripe pattern in the Seul-Andelman membrane

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 188, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 277-291

  Ren, Xiaofeng ^a   Wei, Juncheng ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Global minimizer; Local minimizer; Membrane; Soliton stripe pattern; Convergence

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FREE ENERGY; INTEGRATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MEMBRANES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

GLOBAL MINIMIZERS; LOCAL MINIMIZERS; SOLITON-STRIPE PATTERNS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 0347758750     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2003.07.012     Document Type: Article

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