# The Q-tensor model with uniaxial constraint

@inproceedings{Borthagaray2020TheQM,
title={The Q-tensor model with uniaxial constraint},
author={Juan Pablo Borthagaray and Shawn W. Walker},
year={2020}
}
• Published 2020
• Physics
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