Kinetic theory and simulations of active polar liquid crystalline polymers

Soft Matter

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5207-5222

  Forest, M Gregory ^a   Wang, Qi ^b   Zhou, Ruhai ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE GRAINED MODELS; HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SPATIAL IN-HOMOGENEITY; STATIONARY PATTERNS; STRESS CONTRIBUTION; TRANSLATIONAL DIFFUSION;

FLUID DYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONLINEAR FEEDBACK; POLYMERS; PROPULSION;

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84877779130     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3sm27736d     Document Type: Article

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