Ringlike cores of cylindrically confined nematic point defects

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  De Luca, Gino ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

NEMATIC POINT DEFECTS; NEMATIC TEXTURES; RING DISTORTIONS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33847702590     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2711436     Document Type: Article

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