Pattern formation and instability of smectic-A filaments grown from an isotropic phase

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

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1655-1659

  Naito, Hiroyoshi ^a   Okuda, Masahiro ^a   Zhong can, Ou Yang ^b  

^a Osaka City University   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 4243427799     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.1655     Document Type: Article

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