Landau-de Gennes model with the inclusion of density change for the nematic-isotropic phase transition

Modern Physics Letters B

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 777-783

  Nandi, B ^a   Mukherjee, P K ^a   Saha, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

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EID: 0347867696     PISSN: 02179849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0217984996000870     Document Type: Article

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