Reversible macroscopic dynamics of polar nematic liquid crystals: Reversible currents and their experimental consequences

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

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Brand, Helmut R ^a   Cladis, P E ^b   Pleiner, Harald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Advanced Liquid Crystal Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANANA LIQUID CRYSTALS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; COUPLING TERMS; CROSS COUPLINGS; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASIS; MACROSCOPIC DYNAMICS; MACROSCOPIC POLARIZATIONS; MACROSCOPIC VARIABLES; POLAR LIQUIDS; POLAR ORDERS; POLYMERIC LIQUIDS;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; DYNAMICS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 64949173615     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.032701     Document Type: Article

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