Low-frequency dilational elasticity of the nematic 4′-pentyl-4- biphenylcarbonitrile (5CB)/water interface

Langmuir

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 7907-7910

  El Sadek, Radwa Ibrahim ^a   Roushdy, M ^a   Magda, Jules J ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING ELASTICITY; DISTORTED ORIENTATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FRANK ELASTICITY; SURFACE DILATION; VOLUME OSCILLATIONS;

DROP FORMATION; ELASTICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SURFACE TENSION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34547291989     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la700864k     Document Type: Article

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