Computer simulations of the ordering in a hybrid cylindrical film of nematic liquid crystals

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

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Chiccoli, C ^a   Pasini, P ^a   Teixeira De Souza, R ^b   Evangelista, L R ^b   Zannoni, C ^c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL SURFACE; ELASTIC CONTINUUM; LEBWOHL-LASHER MODELS; LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS; MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION; MONTE CARLO STUDY; SIMULATION RESULT; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 80054993976     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.041705     Document Type: Article

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