Concentration dependence of the scalar order parameter in liquid-crystalline systems with variable molecular shape

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 2749-2752

  Barbero, G ^a   Evangelista, L R ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ISOMERS;

CIS-TRANS ISOMER; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; CRYSTALLINE SYSTEMS; MAIER-SAUPE MODEL; MOLECULAR SHAPES; ORDER PARAMETER; THEORETICAL MODELING;

PHOTOISOMERIZATION;

EID: 0009537129     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.2749     Document Type: Article

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