Nematic fluid structure in wall-field geometry

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Sokolovska, T G ^a   Sokolovskii, R O ^a   Patey, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK NEMATIC; NEMATIC FLUID; SURFACE LAYERS; WALL-FIELD GEOMETRY;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WETTING;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 22944476812     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1825373     Document Type: Article

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