Statistical theory of the Frank elastic constants
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 25 (4) , 2368-2370
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.25.2368
Abstract
We show that with some weak assumptions molecular expressions for Frank elastic constants of nematics, containing the direct correlation function, are equivalent to such expressions obtained from the theory of hydrodynamic fluctuations.Keywords
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