Modelling liquid crystalline ordering in anisotropic and inhomogeneous fluids : from simple models of rod- and disc-like particles to polypeptides

A liquid crystal (LC) is a substance that exhibits phases intermediate between a crystal and a disordered liquid state. LCs have attracted longstanding research interest because of their potential commercial applications in opto-electronics, pharmaceuticals and surfactants but also because ordered s...

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Main Author: Wu, Liang
Other Authors: Jackson, George : Muller, Erich
Published: Imperial College London 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.616823