A theory for the liquid-crystalline phase behavior of the Gay-Berne model

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2361-2370

  Velasco, E ^a   Mederos, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0000161378     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.476804     Document Type: Article

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26. ′=5 has been calculated previously (Ref. 6) using a perturbative theory related to the one presented here but slightly more sophisticated (WCA splitting of the potential, introduction of an approximate reference radial distribution function, and full minimization of the one-molecule distribution function). This theory, however, is not suitable to describe the smectic phase.