Biaxial nematic droplets and their optical textures: A lattice model computer simulation study

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 441, Issue , 2005, Pages 319-328

  Chiccoli, Cesare ^a   Pasini, Paolo ^a   Feruli, Ivan ^b   Zannoni, Claudio ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biaxial nematics; Computer simulation; Monte Carlo; Topological defects

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

BIAXIAL NEMATICS; MONTE CARLO; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33644748566     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/154214091010002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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