Waves at the nematic-isotropic interface: The role of surface tension anisotropy, curvature elasticity, and backflow effects

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 6 1, 2003, Pages 617071-6170712

  Popa Nita, V ^a,b   Oswald, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; FREE ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; OSCILLATIONS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; SURFACE TENSION; TENSORS;

NONLINEAR REACTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; VELOCITY FIELDS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 1442330133     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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