Isotropic-nematic interface of soft spherocylinders

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

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 6706-6710

  Al Barwani, Muataz S ^a   Allen, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FILM GROWTH; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL FLOW;

ANCHORING; ISOTROPY; KIHARA POTENTIAL; ONSAGER FREE ENERGY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0034315373     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.6706     Document Type: Article

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