Memory effects in randomly perturbed systems exhibiting continuous symmetry breaking

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Cvetko, M ^a,c   Ambrozic M ^b,c   Kralj, S ^b,c  

^a Regional Development Agency Mura Ltd   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Memory effect; Nanotubes; Percolation; Structural order

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649086969     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290802638431     Document Type: Article

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