Capillary effects in a confined smectic phase of hard spherocylinders: Influence of particle elongation

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

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  De Las Heras, D ^a   Velasco, E ^b   Mederos, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; WETTING;

CAPILLARY TRANSITIONS; COMMENSURATION EFFECTS; CORRESPONDING BULK FLUID; HARD RODS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 33746367474     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.011709     Document Type: Article

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