Microscopic structure of molecularly thin confined liquid-crystal films

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

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2861-2875

  Gruhn, Thomas ^a   Schoen, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS;

CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; FACE CENTERED CUBIC LATTICE; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; SURFACE FORCES APPARATUS; WALL SEPARATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031102320     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.2861     Document Type: Article

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