Modeling and simulations of the spreading and destabilization of nematic droplets

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Cummings, L J ^a   Lin, T S ^a   Kondic, L ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION;

ANISOTROPIC SURFACE ENERGY; APPROPRIATE CHOICE OF PARAMETERS; CORRUGATED SURFACES; FINGERING INSTABILITIES; MODEL AND SIMULATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (NLC); TIME DEPENDENT SIMULATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 79955401561     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3570863     Document Type: Article

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