Nematic-isotropic interfaces under shear: A molecular-dynamics simulation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Germano, Guido ^a,b   Schmid, Friederike ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC INTERFACES; SHEAR RATES; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; VORTICITY DIRECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE INTERFACES; SHEAR STRESS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 28844499166     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2131065     Document Type: Article

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