Effect of dipolar interactions on the phase behavior of the Gay-Berne liquid crystal model

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 9529-9542

  Houssa, Mohammed ^a   Rull, Luis F ^a   McGrother, Simon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DIPOLAR; GAY-BERNE LIQUID CRYSTAL; ISOBARIC; ISOTHERMAL; SMECTIC PHASE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032375353     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.477615     Document Type: Article

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