Interaction of particles in a deformed nematic liquid crystal

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

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 13-

  Fukuda, Jun ichi ^a   Lev, Bohdan I ^a,b   Aoki, Keiko M ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COLLOIDS; EMULSIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; TENSORS;

FRANK ELASTIC ENERGY; INTERACTION ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTAL INTERFACES; NEUMANN FUNCTION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349122188     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.051711     Document Type: Article

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