Nematic-nematic demixing in polydisperse thermotropic liquid crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Sollich, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTROPIC PHASES; MONODISPERSE SYSTEMS; NEMATIC PHASES; POLYDISPERSITY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BINARY MIXTURES; FREE ENERGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY;

THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 21244476779     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1924604     Document Type: Article

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