Steps and facets at the surface of soft crystals

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 387-394

  Nozieres P ^a   Pistolesi, F ^b,d   Balibar, S ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Lab Phys Modelisation Milieux C   (France)

Author keywords

61.30. v Liquid crystals; 61.72. y Defects and impurities in crystals; microstructure; 81.10.Aj Theory and models of crystal growth; physics of crystal growth, crystal morphology and orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044402841     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10051-001-8688-z     Document Type: Article

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