Generalized mean-field potential description for ferroelectric ordering in nematic liquid crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2 I, 2001, Pages 0217071-0217077

  Park, Byoungchoo ^a   Wu, J W ^a   Takezoe, Hideo ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

FERROELECTRIC ORDERING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 4243362453     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.021707     Document Type: Article

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