Theory and computation of directional nematic phase ordering

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

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Soulé, Ezequiel R ^a   Abukhdeir, Nasser Mohieddin ^b   Rey, Alejandro D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CRYSTAL SYSTEMS; CYANOBIPHENYL; DIRECTIONAL GROWTHS; FIRST ORDERS; HOMEOTROPIC; INTERFACE MODELS; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC INTERFACES; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC TRANSITIONS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MORPHOLOGICAL GRADIENTS; MORPHOLOGICAL INSTABILITIES; NEMATIC PHASE; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; SECONDARY INSTABILITIES; TENSOR ORDER PARAMETERS; THERMAL INSTABILITIES; TIME-DEPENDENT MODELS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 61949184071     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.021702     Document Type: Article

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