On the signs of the leslie viscosities α2 and α3 nematics and discotic nematics

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 293, Issue , 1997, Pages 17-27

  Kroger M ^a   Sellers, S ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leslie viscosities; Liquid crystals; Mean field theory; Particle geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143073598     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259708042763     Document Type: Article

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