Phase behavior of binary mixtures of thick and thin hard rods

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 374-390

  Van Roij, René ^a,b   Mulder, Bela ^a   Dijkstra, Marjolein ^b  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary mixture; Hard rods; Isotropic and nematic phase; Phase diagram

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; MIXING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

HARD RODS; ISOTROPIC PHASE; NEMATIC PHASE;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 0032302247     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00429-4     Document Type: Article

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