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- Liquid Crystal
- Continuum Theory
- Nematic Phasis
- Isotropic Phasis
- Equilibrium Theory
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Ericksen, J.L. (1984). A thermodynamic view of order parameters for liquid crystals. In: Ericksen, J.L. (eds) Orienting Polymers. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1063. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0072150
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