Minimal coupling model of the biaxial nematic phase

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Longa, Lech ^a,b   Grzybowski, Piotr ^a,b   Romano, Silvano ^b   Virga, Epifanio ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL NEMATIC PHASES; COUPLING MODEL; HIGH-SYMMETRY EQUILIBRIUM PHASE; ISOTROPICS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CORRELATION METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THEOREM PROVING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 26944487562     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.051714     Document Type: Article

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