Shape of an isotropic droplet in a nematic liquid crystal: The role of surfactant

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

Volumn 70, Issue 1 1, 2004, Pages

  Lishchuk, S V ^a   Care, C M ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EXTRAPOLATION; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LENSES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

FRANK ELASTIC FREE ENERGY DENSITY; INTERFACIAL LAYERS (IL); ISOTROPIC DROPLETS; ISOTROPIC FLUIDS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 42749107744     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.011702     Document Type: Article

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