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Elastic constants of a biaxial nematic liquid crystal

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Elsevier B.V.

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Using Saupe's continuum theory we discuss the feasibility of determining some of the twelve curvature elastic constants of an orthorhombic nematic by studying the effects of external magnetic and electric fields applied in different sample geometries.

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Restricted Access. Special issue in honour of Prof. J Trappeniers, Van der Waals Lab., 1989

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Physica A: Statistical and Theoretical Physics, 1989, Vol.156, p364-375

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1989 Elsevier B.V.