Periodic deformations in nematic liquid crystals

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

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 10-

  Alexe Ionescu, A L ^a,b   Barbero, G ^a   Lelidis, I ^a,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Universite de Picardie Jules Verne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VECTORS;

ANCHORING ENERGY STRENGTH; ELASTIC ENERGY; INTEGRATION CONSTANTS; NEMATIC DEFORMATIONS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349087683     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.061705     Document Type: Article

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