Dynamical numerical model for nematic order reconstruction

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

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Lombardo, G ^a   Ayeb, H ^a   Barberi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REPAIR; RESTORATION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (APS); CALAMITIC; ELASTIC DISTORTIONS; ELASTIC THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); NEMATIC ORDERS; NEMATIC TEXTURES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; TENSOR ORDER PARAMETER; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 44849115948     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.051708     Document Type: Article

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