Curvature energy of a focal conic domain with arbitrary eccentricity

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

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1574-1578

  Kleman, Maurice ^a   Lavrentovich, Oleg D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CURVATURE ENERGY; ELASTIC THEORY; FOCAL CONIC DOMAINS; LAMELLAR PHASIS; SADDLE-SPLAY ELASTIC CONSTANT; SURFACE-ANCHORING;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 4243701036     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.1574     Document Type: Article

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