Dynamics of a nematic liquid crystal around a spherical particle

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Fukuda, Jun Ichi ^a   Stark, Holger ^b   Yoneya, Makoto ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DISPERSIONS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ELASTIC DEFORMATION; ELASTIC DISTORTION; SATURN RING DEFECT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 2542497673     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/19/008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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