On spatial variations of nematic ordering

DOI10.1016/j.physd.2008.03.048zbMath1149.76005MaRDI QIDQ957604

Ibrahim Fatkullin, Valeriy V. Slastikov

Publication date: 28 November 2008

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2008.03.048

zbMATH Keywords

director field; orientational order; order parameter tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

76A15: Liquid crystals

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