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Title: On a theoretical analysis on the influence of non-uniformity of the order parameter on the surface energy in nematics
Authors: Barbero, G.
Madhusudana, N.V.
Issue Date: Feb-1990
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Citation: Liquid Crystals, 1990, Vol.7, p299 - 301
Abstract: Recently Pikin and Terent'ev have analysed the influence of the non-uniformity of the order parameter on the measured value of the surface cohesion energy in nematic liquid crystals (1988, Sov. Phys. Crystallogr., 33, 641). We argue that since the mathematical problem is ill-posed, the analysis has to be revised. In particular, quadratic terms in the second derivatives of the deformation angle and the order parameter should be taken into account.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2918
ISSN: 0267-8292
1366-5855 (online)
Alternative Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678299008029218
Copyright: 1990 Taylor & Francis
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