Dielectric shape dispersion and biaxial transitions in nematic liquid crystals

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

Volumn 67, Issue 6 1, 2003, Pages

  Sonnet, André M ^a   Virga, Epifanio G ^b   Durand, Georges E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TENSORS;

BIAXIAL TRANSITION; DIELECTRIC SHAPE DISPERSION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 37649028079     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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