Fréedericksz transition in a thermoreversible nematic gel

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

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Müller, Matthias ^a   Schöpf, Wolfgang ^a   Rehberg, Ingo ^a   Timme, Andreas ^a   Lattermann, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; RHEOLOGY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ELECTRICAL DETECTION METHOD; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC TRANSITION; PLANAR CONFIGURATION; THERMOREVERSIBLE NEMATIC GELS;

GELS;

EID: 37149034918     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.061701     Document Type: Article

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