Elastic energy of liquid crystals in convex polyhedra

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 37, Issue 44, 2004, Pages

  Majumdar, A ^a,b   Robbins, J M ^a   Zyskin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 8744307191     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/37/44/L05     Document Type: Article

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