title: Growth and melting of the nematic phase: sample thickness dependence of the mullins-sekerka instability
abstract: In this article we report our systematic studies of the dependence on the sample thickness of the onset parameters of the instability of the nematic-isotropic interface during directional growth and melting, in homeotropic or planar anchoring.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, 46 Allee d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France.
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ignes-Mullol
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oswald