Defect structures and torque on an elongated colloidal particle immersed in a liquid crystal host

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

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 7-

  Andrienko, Denis ^a   Allen, Michael P ^a   Skačej, Gregor ^b   Žumer, Slobodan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOPOLOGY;

HOSTS; MAGNETIC PARTICLES; METASTABLE STATE; SUPERMOLECULAR STRUCTURES;

COLLOIDS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349114586     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.041702     Document Type: Article

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