Monte Carlo Simulations of Stable Point Defects in Hybrid Nematic Films
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C. Chiccoli,1 O. D. Lavrentovich,2 P. Pasini,1 and C. Zannoni3 1Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna, Italy 2Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242 3Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy (Received 14 July 1997)
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تاریخ انتشار 1997