Core hysteresis in nematic defects

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

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Kralj, Samo ^a,b   Virga, Epifanio G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TENSORS;

ESCAPED RADICAL (ER); FRANK ELASTIC CONSTANT; NEMATIC ELASTIC DISTORTIONS; NEMATIC ORDERING;

CRYSTAL DEFECTS;

EID: 37649027039     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.021703     Document Type: Article

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