Defect-antidefect correlations in a lyotropic liquid crystal from a cosmological point of view

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

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Mukai, H ^a   Fernandes, P R G ^a   De Oliveira, B F ^a   Dias, G S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SCALING LAWS; TERNARY ALLOYS;

KIBBLE MECHANISM; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; NEMATIC CALAMITIC PHASE; SCALING RELATION;

CORRELATION THEORY;

EID: 34547275858     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.061704     Document Type: Article

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