Potential of mean force between a spherical particle suspended in a nematic liquid crystal and a substrate

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 7781-7787

  Kim, Evelina B ^a   Faller, Roland ^a   Yan, Qiliang ^a   Abbott, Nicholas L ^a   De Pablo, Juan J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FREE ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DENSITY OF STATES FORMALISM; LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIATED POTENTIAL; MEAN FORCE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037159430     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1508365     Document Type: Article

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