Imaging liquid crystal defects

RSC Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 26433-26437

  Dierking, Ingo ^a   Archer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTOR FIELDS; POLYMER STABILIZATION; SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS; SWIRL DEFECTS; UMBILICAL DEFECTS;

CRYSTAL DEFECTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84887976825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra45390a     Document Type: Article

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