The global phase diagram of the Gay-Berne model

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 6313-6322

  De Miguel, Enrique ^a   Vega, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FREE ENERGY; INTEGRATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

GAY-BERNE MODEL; GIBBS-DUHEM INTEGRATION; ISOTROPIC PHASE; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; PHASE BEHAVIOR; PHASE STABILITY;

PHASE DIAGRAMS;

EID: 0036806596     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1504430     Document Type: Article

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