Microscopic and macroscopic theories for the dynamics of polar liquid crystals

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

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Wittkowski, Raphael ^a   Löwen, Hartmut ^a   Brand, Helmut R ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-COUPLINGS; DENSITY VARIATIONS; DISSIPATION FUNCTIONS; DISSIPATIVE DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; GINZBURG-LANDAU EQUATIONS; MACROSCOPIC APPROACH; MACROSCOPIC MODELING; MACROSCOPIC THEORY; MOLECULAR CORRELATIONS; ORDER-PARAMETER; POLAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; QUADRUPOLAR ORDER; SPATIAL DIMENSION; TIME-DEPENDENT;

CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 80155123639     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.041708     Document Type: Article

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