Landau-de Gennes theory of biaxial nematics reexamined

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

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Allender, David ^a   Longa, Lech ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE STABILITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BIAXIAL NEMATIC PHASE; BIAXIAL NEMATICS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; LANDAU-DE GENNES FREE ENERGY; LANDAU-DE GENNES THEORY; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE SYSTEMS; TENSOR ORDER PARAMETER; TRI-CRITICAL POINT;

LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY;

EID: 48349083400     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.011704     Document Type: Article

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