Disclination motion in liquid crystalline films

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 714-727

  Kats, E I ^a,b   Lebedev, V V ^a,c   Malinin, S V ^a,d  

^a LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HYDRODYNAMICS; THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY;

DISCLINATION; HYDRODYNAMIC VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE FILMS; SHEAR VISCOSITY COEFFICIENTS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 23044532378     PISSN: 10637761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/1.1520604     Document Type: Article

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