On the creation of director disorder in nematic liquid crystals

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 509, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 36-48

  Luckhurst, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloid; Director disorder; ESR spectroscopy; Gel; Hydrodynamics; Nematic liquid crystal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; GELATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DIRECTOR DISORDER; ESR SPECTROSCOPY; GELATOR; RANDOM ELEMENT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33646143516     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.09.117     Document Type: Article

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