Density functional theory for hard spherocylinders: Phase transitions in the bulk and in the presence of external fields

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 11, Issue 2-6, 1999, Pages 1435-1452

  Graf, Hartmut ^a   Löwen, Hartmut ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0000830725     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/11/6/008     Document Type: Article

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