Geometrical exact solutions for confocal lamellar textures yielding confinement and faceting phenomena

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 452, Issue 1949, 1996, Pages 1251-1261

  Fournier, Jean Baptiste ^a   Virga, Epifanio G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 33746703803     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1996.0064     Document Type: Article

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