Interfacial nematodynamics of heterogeneous curved isotropic-nematic moving fronts

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Wincure, Benjamin ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; NUCLEATION; QUENCHING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

ANISOTROPIC INTERFACES; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; NANODOMAINS; TEXTURE FORMATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33745611807     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2206768     Document Type: Article

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