Soliton-stripe patterns in charged langmuir monolayers

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 603-624

  Ren, X ^a   We, J ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

; convergence; charged Langmuir monolayer; electrostatic interaction; local minimizer; soliton stripe pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867965652     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: 14321467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00332-003-0567-8     Document Type: Article

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