Note on the hydrodynamic description of thin nematic films: Strong anchoring model

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Te Sheng ^a   Cummings, Linda J ^b   Archer, Andrew J ^a   Kondic, Lou ^b   Thiele, Uwe ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FILM THICKNESS; FREE ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; ELASTIC DISTORTION; ENERGY FUNCTIONALS; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; GRADIENT DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMIC DESCRIPTION; HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; LONG WAVE MODELS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84883353354     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4816508     Document Type: Article

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