Random anisotropy nematic model: Nematic-non-nematic mixture

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

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Popa Nita, V ^a,b,c   Kralj, Samo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDAU-DE GENNES AND FLORY-HUGGINS THEORIES; NEMATIC MODELS; NEMATIC-NON-NEMATIC MIXTURES; SPERONEMATICS;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SEPARATION; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33645783498     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.041705     Document Type: Article

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