Stabilization of blue phases by the variation of elastic constants

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

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Fukuda, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE PHASIS; CHOLESTERIC BLUE PHASIS; SYNTHESIS OF LIQUID CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

STABILIZATION;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS;

EID: 84857578502     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.020701     Document Type: Article

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