Papers on smectic film electroconvection

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Papers are listed with the most recent at the top. See here for an overview of this topic. Some work done in collaboration with the Newfoundland and Leipzig groups.

Localized states in sheared electroconvection, Peichun Tsai, Stephen W. Morris and Zahir A. Daya, EuroPhysics Letters, 84, 14003 (2008).
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf].
- Preprint version, from arXiv.
- Published version, [subscription required].
The Route to Chaos and Turbulence in Annular Electroconvection, Peichun Tsai, Ph.D. thesis, Unpublished, Sept. 2007.
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf, 5.4 MB].
Direct numerical simulation of supercritical annular electroconvection , Peichun Tsai, Zahir A. Daya, Vatche B. Deyirmenjian and Stephen W. Morris. Physical Review E, 76, 026305 (2007) .
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
- published version [subscription required].
Charge Transport Scalings in Turbulent Electroconvection , Peichun Tsai, Zahir A. Daya and Stephen W. Morris. Physical Review E 72, 046311 (2005).
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
- Published version [requres subscription].
Codimension-two points in annular electroconvection as a function of aspect ratio, V. B. Deyirmenjian, Zahir A. Daya and Stephen W. Morris. Physical Review E, 72, 036211 (2005).
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
- Preprint version, from arXiv.
- Published version [requres subscription].
Aspect ratio dependence of charge transport in turbulent electroconvection, Peichun Tsai, Zahir A. Daya and Stephen W. Morris. Physical Review Letters, 92, 084503 (2004).
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
Sequential Bifurcations in Sheared Annular Electroconvection, Zahir A. Daya, V. B. Deyirmenjian and Stephen W. Morris. Physical Review E, 66, 015201 (2002).
- Abstract in HTML
- Published version, (requires subscription).
- Preprint version. from arXive.org.
Bifurcations in annular electroconvection with an imposed shear, Zahir A. Daya, V. B. Deyirmenjian and Stephen W. Morris. Physical Review E, 64, 036212 (2001).
- Abstract in HTML
- Published version, (requires subscription).
- Preprint version. from arXive.org
Suppression of electroconvection by Couette shear in freely suspended smectic C* films, Christian Langer, Zahir A. Daya, Stephen W. Morris and Ralf Stannarius. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 367, 113 (2001).
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
Electroconvection in Sheared Annular Fluid Films, Zahir A. Daya Ph.D. thesis. Theoretical results published in the next paper, unpublished, Dec 1999.
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
Electrically driven convection in a thin annular film undergoing circular Couette flow, Zahir A. Daya V. B. Deyirmenjian and Stephen W. Morris. Physics of Fluids, 11, 3613 (1999).
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version. from arXive.org
- Preprint version [pdf file].
Annular Electroconvection With Shear, Zahir A. Daya V. B. Deyirmenjian, Stephen W. Morris and J. R. de Bruyn Physical Review Letters, 80, 964 (1998).
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version. from arXive.org.
- Preprint version [pdf file].
Pattern formation in smectic liquid crystal films, J. R. de Bruyn and Stephen W. Morris, Physics in Canada, Sept/Oct 1997.
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
Weakly Nonlinear Analysis of Electroconvection in a Suspended Fluid Film, V. B. Deyirmenjian, Zahir A. Daya and Stephen W. Morris Physical Review E, 56, 1706 (1997).
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
- Preprint version. from arXive.org.
Electroconvection in Suspended Fluid Films, Zahir A. Daya M.Sc. thesis. A long version of the next paper, unpublished, Aug 1996.
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
Electroconvection in a Suspended Fluid Film: A Linear Stability Analysis, Zahir A. Daya, Stephen W. Morris and J. R. de Bruyn, Physical Review E, 55, 2682 (1997).
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
- Preprint version from arXiv.
Electroconvection Patterns in Smectic Films at and Above Onset, S. S. Mao, J. R. de Bruyn, and Stephen W. Morris, Physica A, 239, 189 (1997).
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
Boundary-Induced Wavelength Selection in a One-Dimensional Pattern-Forming System, S. S. Mao, J. R. de Bruyn, Zahir A. Daya and Stephen W. Morris
- Abstract in HTML
- Preprint version [pdf file].
Velocity and Current Measurements in Electroconvecting Smectic Films, Stephen W. Morris, John R. de Bruyn and A.D. May,Physical Review A , 44, 8146 (1991).
- Published version [subscription required].
Electroconvective Patterns in Freely Suspended Liquid Crystal Films, in Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Nonequilibrium Complex Systems, P. E. Cladis and P. Palffy-Muhoray eds., (Addison-Wesley, 1995), p. 307.
Patterns at the Onset of Electroconvection in Freely Suspended Smectic Films,Stephen W. Morris, John R. de Bruyn and A.D. May, Journal of Statistical Physics, 64, 1025 (1991).
- Published version [pdf file].
Electroconvection and Pattern Formation in a Suspended Smectic Film, Stephen W. Morris, John R. de Bruyn and A.D. May, in Nonlinear Evolution of Spatio-temporal Structures in Dissipative Continuous Systems, F. Busse and L. Kramer eds., (Plenum, New York, 1990), p. 351.
Electroconvection in a Freely Suspended Film of Smectic A Liquid Crystal, Stephen W. Morris, John R. de Bruyn and A.D. May, Physical Review Letters, 65, 2378 (1990).

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