Long-range order in a lattice-gas model of nematic liquid crystals

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 737-746

  Zagrebnov, V A ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LONG RANGE ORDER;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0030285712     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(96)00181-1     Document Type: Article

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