Macroscopic dynamics of polar nematic liquid crystals

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

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Brand, Helmut R ^a,b   Pleiner, Harald ^b   Ziebert, Falko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLARIZATION; PYROELECTRICITY;

FLOW ALIGNMENT BEHAVIOR; MACROSCOPIC DYNAMICS; NEMATIC DIRECTOR; QUADRUPOLAR ORDER;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33748268879     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.021713     Document Type: Article

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