Splay-bend textures involving tetrahedratic order

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-266

  Pleiner, H ^a   Cladis, P E ^b   Brand, H R ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Advanced Liquid Crystal Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FREE ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULES;

ACHIRAL BANANA-SHAPED MOLECULES; LINEAR GRADIENTS; SPLAY-BEND TEXTURES;

DEFECTS;

EID: 33746658159     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2005-10129-0     Document Type: Article

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