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Hydrodynamics of Liquid Crystals

Dieter Forster, T. C. Lubensky, Paul C. Martin, J. B. Swift, P. S. Pershan

Physical Review Letters · 1971 · 265 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

The linearized hydrodynamic behavior of liquid crystals is systematically deduced and earlier theories reconciled and simplified. Predictions for ordinary and depolarized light scattering are obtained and the latter compared with experiment.

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