Statics and kinetics at the nematic­-isotropic interface: effects of biaxiality

We use the Landau-de Gennes theory of a nematic liquid crystal to investigate anew aspects of the properties of the interface between the isotropic and nematic liquid crystal phases of the same fluid. The equations of the static interface have been solved, both numerically and using asymptotic analy...

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Main Authors: Popa-­Nita, V. (Author), Sluckin, T.J (Author), Wheeler, A.A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1997.
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