Instability of Gravity Driven Flow of Liquid Crystal Films
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چکیده
As the name suggests, ‘liquid crystals’ exist in an intermediate state between a liquid and a solid. The term may be misleading however, they are not a crystal, and they need not be a liquid. Liquid crystals exist all around us in everyday life in plastics, crude oil, lipstick, and many other places [2]. Their most widely known industrial application is in Liquid crystal displays (LCDs), which are of enormous technological importance. These, and other commercially-important applications of liquid crystals, provide a drive for a greater understanding of their properties. ⇤ Current Address: Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
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