Numerical method of lines for the relaxational dynamics of nematic liquid crystals

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

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bhattacharjee, A K ^a   Menon, Gautam I ^a   Adhikari, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; DYNAMICS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID MECHANICS; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; POWDERS;

COARSE-GRAINED EQUATIONS OF MOTION; DYNAMICAL SCALING; ISOTROPIC PHASE; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC INTERFACE; METHOD OF LINES; NEMATIC DROPLETS; NEMATIC PHASE; NUMERICAL METHOD OF LINES; NUMERICAL SCHEMES; RELAXATIONAL DYNAMICS; STRINGENT TEST;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 50149098769     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.026707     Document Type: Article

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