Chaotic orientational behavior of a nematic liquid crystal subjected to a steady shear flow

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

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 4-

  Rienäcker, Götz ^a   Kröger, Martin ^a,b,c   Hess, Siegfried ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT TENSORS; ORIENTATIONAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS (ODF); RELAXATION EQUATIONS; STATIONARY FLOW;

CHAOS THEORY; FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SHEAR FLOW; STEADY FLOW; TENSORS; VISCOSITY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349099790     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.040702     Document Type: Article

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