Influence of chirality on director configuration and droplet interaction in ferroelectric free-standing films

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

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Dolganov, P V ^a   Cluzeau, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; DROPS; ENANTIOMERS; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID MECHANICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TOPOLOGY;

DIRECTOR FIELDS; DROPLET BOUNDARIES; DROPLET SIZES; ELASTIC DISTORTIONS; FILM POLARITY; FREE-STANDING FILMS; SELF-ORGANIZED STRUCTURES; SMECTIC FILMS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 49449118155     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.021701     Document Type: Article

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