Nematic phase transitions in two-dimensional systems

Condensed Matter Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 723-736

  Berche, B ^a,b   Paredes, R ^b  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Nematic phase; Orientational transition; Topological transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646429465     PISSN: 1607324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5488/CMP.8.4.723     Document Type: Article

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