Hydro dynamic instabilities in nematic liquid crystals under oscillatory shear

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 455, Issue 1987, 1999, Pages 2635-2653

  Mullin, T ^a   Peacock, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiment; Instability; Liquid crystal; Mean flow; Oscillatory shear

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844464588     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0420     Document Type: Article

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