Driven Front Propagation in 1D Spatially Periodic Media

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Haudin, F ^a   Elias R G ^b   Rojas, R G ^c   Bortolozzo, U ^a   Clerc, M G ^b   Residori, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATED; BI-STABILITY; FRONT PROPAGATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OSCILLATORY MOTION; PERIODIC MEDIA; PINNING EFFECTS; TILT ANGLE;

CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

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EID: 70349284489     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.128003     Document Type: Article

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