Stability of the director profile of a nematic liquid crystal around a spherical particle under an external field

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-347

  Fukuda, J ^a   Yokoyama, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

61.30.Dk Continuum models and theories of liquid crystal structure; 61.30.Jf Defects in liquid crystals; 82.70.Dd Colloids

Indexed keywords

HYPERBOLIC HEDGEHOG DEFECTS; THRESHOLD FIELD STRENGTHS;

COLLOIDS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 33847282458     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10072-6     Document Type: Article

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