Grafted rods: A tilting phase transition

Journal de Physique II

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1331-1340

  Schmid, F ^a   Johannsmann, D ^b   Halperin, A ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SURFACES ET INTERFACES   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULES; TEMPERATURE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BENDING ELASTICITY; GRAFTING DENSITY; VAN DER WAALS ATTRACTION;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0030241521     PISSN: 11554312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/jp2:1996134     Document Type: Article

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