Faceting and stability of smectic a droplets on a solid substrate

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-452

  Oswald, P ^a   Lejcek L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FREE SURFACE; SOLID SUBSTRATES; VICINITY;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33646409884     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2005-10065-y     Document Type: Article

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