The Frederiks effect and related phenomena in ferronematic materials

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1688-1716

  Zadorozhnii, V I ^a   Sluckin, T J ^b   Reshetnyak, V Yu ^a   Thomas, K S ^b  

^a TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloids; Ferronematics; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING STRENGTH; BIAS MAGNETIC FIELD; CELL DIMENSIONS; CELL PLANES; CHOICE OF PARAMETERS; CRITICAL MAGNETIC FIELD; DIRECTOR DISTORTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FERRONEMATICS; FIRST ORDER TRANSITIONS; HIGH FIELD; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HOMEOTROPIC; INTERMEDIATE FIELDS; LOW FIELD; NEMATIC DIRECTOR; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; NEMATIC REORIENTATION; ORDER PARAMETER; PARTICLE WALLS; STATISTICAL MECHANICAL THEORY; SWITCHING PROPERTIES; THRESHOLDLESS SWITCHING;

CELLS; COLLOIDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 77953355852     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070703831     Document Type: Article

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