Columnar phases and field induced biaxiality of a Gay-Berne discotic liquid crystal

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2933-2942

  Berardi, Roberto ^a   Orlandi, Silvia ^a   Zannoni, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPOLE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0034235063     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b001604g     Document Type: Article

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