Nonlocal validity of an asymptotic one-dimensional nematicon solution

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 41, Issue 36, 2008, Pages

  Marchant, T R ^a   Smyth, N F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54749102729     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/41/36/365201     Document Type: Article

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