Local self-consistent approach to the phase transition at the nematic liquid-crystal-wall interface

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

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Barbero, G ^a   Evangelista, L R ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WALL FLOW;

BOLTZMANN CONSTANT; BULK TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; NEMATIC-LIQUID-CRYSTAL-WALL INTERFACE; VAN DER WAAL APPROXIMATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 41349122175     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.031708     Document Type: Article

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