Frank elasticity revisited: Contribution of rotational entropy

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 366, Issue , 2001, Pages 151-156

  Fukuda, Jun Ichi ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frank elasticity; Nematic; Rotational entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442457183     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250108023957     Document Type: Article

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