Elastic response of a nematic liquid crystal to an immersed nanowire

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Smith, Christopher J ^a   Denniston, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TORQUE;

IMMERSED NANOWIRES; LATTICE BOLTZMANN ALGORITHMS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION; MOVING BOUNDARY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33846271453     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2402096     Document Type: Article

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