Isotropic-to-nematic phase transition in a liquid-crystal droplet

Langmuir

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 541-546

  Chen, Xuemei ^a   Hamlington, Benjamin D ^a   Shen, Amy Q ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPLET BOUNDARY; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DROPLET; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; STEFAN-TYPE MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

DROPS;

EID: 38749128334     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la701844s     Document Type: Article

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