Waves at the nematic-isotropic interface: Thermotropic nematogen-non- nematogen mixtures

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

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Popa Nita, V ^a,b,c   Sluckin, T J ^b,c   Kralj, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; LANDAU-DE GENNES MODEL; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC INTERFACE; NEMATOGEN MIXTURES;

DAMPING; FREE ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 27944472612     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.061706     Document Type: Article

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