Sharp-interface nematic-isotropic phase transitions without flow

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-178

  Cermelli, Paolo ^a   Fried, Eliot ^b   Gurtin, Morton E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8744234028     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00205-004-0334-5     Document Type: Article

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