Anisotropy in the annihilation dynamics of umbilic defects in nematic liquid crystals

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

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Dierking, I ^a   Ravnik, M ^b   Lark, E ^a   Healey, J ^a   Alexander, G P ^b   Yeomans, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNIHILATION DYNAMICS; APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; BACKFLOW EFFECT; CELL GAPS; DEFECT PAIRS; ELECTRIC-FIELD AMPLITUDE; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; HELE-SHAW CELLS; HOMEOTROPIC; LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; TEMPERATURE CHANGING;

ANISOTROPY; DEFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SPEED;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84857563592     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.021703     Document Type: Article

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