Surface free energies for nematic shells

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

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Napoli, Gaetano ^a   Vergori, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MODEL; CURVED SUBSTRATES; EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATION; NEMATIC ORDER; NEMATICS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL THEORY;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FREE ENERGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84862193940     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.061701     Document Type: Article

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