Landau-de Gennes theory of isotropic-nematic-smectic liquid crystal transitions

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

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Biscari, Paolo ^a   Calderer, Maria Carme ^b   Terentjev, Eugene M ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHARACTERIZATION; DEFECTS; FREE ENERGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TENSORS;

FREE-ENERGY FUNCTIONAL; MINIMIZERS; OPTIMAL NUMBER; SECOND-ORDER REGULARIZATION;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34547378574     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.051707     Document Type: Article

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