Surfactant-induced nematic wetting layer at a thermotropic liquid crystal/water interface

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

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Bahr, Ch ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF THE SURFACTANT; HOMEOTROPIC ALIGNMENT; LANDAU MODEL; MAGNITUDE; SURFACTANT-INDUCED NEMATIC WETTING LAYER;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; WETTING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33644894159     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.030702     Document Type: Article

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