Thermodynamics of blue phases in electric fields

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

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Henrich, O ^a   Marenduzzo, D ^a   Stratford, K ^a   Cates, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE PHASE; BLUE PHASIS; HEXAGONAL PHASIS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77949728573     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.031706     Document Type: Article

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