Modeling flows of confined nematic liquid crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Hernández Ortiz, Juan P ^a   Gettelfinger, Brian T ^b   Moreno Razo, Jose ^b   De Pablo, Juan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY FLOW; CONFINED SYSTEMS; CRYSTAL DYNAMIC; DEFECT ANNIHILATION; DEFECT CONFIGURATIONS; ERICKSEN NUMBER; EXTREME FLOWS; MOLECULAR THEORY; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS; THIN LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS;

CRYSTALS; DEFECTS; ERBIUM; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID FILMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASTIC FILMS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; SHEAR FLOW;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 79954478702     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3567098     Document Type: Article

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