Tilted and helical columnar phases for an axially symmetric discoidal system

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Chakrabarti, Dwaipayan ^a   Wales, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); HELICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

DISCOIDAL SYSTEM; HEXAGONAL COLUMNAR PHASE;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 41549120529     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.127801     Document Type: Article

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