Induced twisted-grain-boundary phases in the binary mixtures of a cholesteric and a nematic compound

Phase Transitions

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 959-974

  Dhar, R ^a   Srivastava, A K ^b   Agrawal, V K ^b  

^a EWING CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Binary mixture; Chiral Chen Lubenski model; Dielectric permittivity; TGB phases

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PERMITTIVITY; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

CHIRAL CHEN-LUBENSKI MODEL; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; TGB PHASES;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 10944234404     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141159031000140749     Document Type: Article

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