Flow of a nematogen past a cylindrical micro-pillar

Soft Matter

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1937-1946

  Sengupta, Anupam ^a   Pieper, Christoph ^b   Enderlein, Jörg ^b   Bahr, Christian ^a   Herminghaus, Stephan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TOPOLOGY;

CHANNEL DIMENSION; CHANNEL WALL; EXTENDED DEFECT; FLOW SPEED; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; HOMEOTROPIC ANCHORING; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; MICRO PILLARS; NEMATOGENS; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 84872534673     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm27337c     Document Type: Article

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