Stability of a hyperbolic disclination ring in a nematic liquid crystal

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Fukuda, Jun Ichi ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; GLASS TRANSITION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

HYDROSTATIC PIEZOELECTRIC MEASUREMENT; PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTALS; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS; POLARIZING MICROSCOPES;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 37649026991     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.012703     Document Type: Article

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