Annihilation dynamics of umbilical defects in nematic liquid crystals under applied electric fields

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

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Dierking, I ^a   Marshall, O ^a   Wright, J ^a   Bulleid, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNIHILATION DYNAMICS; DEFECT PAIR SEPARATION; HELE-SHAW CELLS; UMBILICAL DEFECTS;

ANISOTROPY; DEFECTS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 27944457926     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.061709     Document Type: Article

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