Surface tension of the isotropic-nematic interface

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

Volumn 63, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 0107011-0107014

  McDonald, Andrew J ^a   Allen, Michael P ^b   Schmid, Friederike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SURFACE TENSION; TENSORS;

PRESSURE TENSOR PROFILES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 4243637002     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.010701     Document Type: Article

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