Monte Carlo simulation of athermal mesogenic chains: Pure systems, mixtures, and constrained environments

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 9858-9868

  Escobedo, Fernando A ^a   De Pablo, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0001275881     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.473874     Document Type: Article

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