Sharp-interface nematic-isotropic phase transitions without flow

DOI10.1007/S00205-004-0334-5zbMath1060.76011OpenAlexW2018008067MaRDI QIDQ1766893

Paolo Cermelli, Eliot Fried, Morton E. Gurtin

Publication date: 2 March 2005

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-004-0334-5

zbMATH Keywords

evolution equationconfigurational forcehedgehog defects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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