Saturn-ring defects around microspheres suspended in nematic liquid crystals: An analogy between confined geometries and magnetic fields

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

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Stark, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS;

ISOTROPIC INSTABILITY; OPTICAL STRIPES; POLYMER SPACERS; WILLIAMS DOMAIN (WD);

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 37649031843     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.032701     Document Type: Article

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