Fast Q-tensor method for modeling the dynamics of defects in a liquid crystal director field

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

Volumn 67, Issue 4 1, 2003, Pages 417151-417157

  Lee, Gi Dong ^a   Bos, Philip J ^a   Ahn, Seon Hong ^b   Kim, Kyeong Hyeon ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; TENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOPOLOGY;

ENERGY DENSITY; SURFACE ORDERING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 18144453132     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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