Bend elasticity of mixtures of V-shaped molecules in ordinary nematogens

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

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 5056-5063

  Dodge, Mohammad Reza ^a   Rosenblatt, Charles ^a   Petschek, Rolfe G ^a   Neubert, Mary E ^b   Walsh, Margaret E ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIMERS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PERMITTIVITY;

BEND ELASTIC CONSTANT; NEMATOGENS;

MOLECULAR CRYSTALS;

EID: 0034297603     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.5056     Document Type: Article

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