Effect of the incomplete interaction on the nematic-isotropic transition at the nematic-wall interface

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

Volumn 324, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 198-202

  Batalioto, F ^a   Evangelista, L R ^a   Barbero, G ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

61.30. v; 61.30.Gd; 68.03.Cd; Liquid crystals; Phase transition; Surface order

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

61.30.GD; 68.03.CD; EFFECTIVE INTERACTIONS; NEMATIC ISOTROPIC PHASE TRANSITION; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC TRANSITION; SELF CONSISTENT MODELING; SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES; SURFACE ORDERING;

MOLECULES;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULE; PHASE TRANSITION; STRENGTH; THICKNESS;

EID: 1642446496     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2004.02.070     Document Type: Article

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