Biaxial nematic order in the hard-boomerang fluid

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 323, Issue , 1998, Pages 167-189

  Teixeira, P I C ^a   Masters, A J ^b   Mulder, B M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biaxial nematic phase; Molecular theory; Onsager approximation

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BIAXIAL NEMATIC PHASES; MOLECULAR THEORY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032291512     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259808048440     Document Type: Article

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