Computer simulation study of a two-dimensional nematogenic lattice model based on a mapping from elastic free-energy density

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 310, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 465-472

  Romano, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Lattice models; Liquid crystals; Monolayers; Nematics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FORECASTING; FREE ENERGY; GROUND STATE; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAPPING; MEAN FIELD THEORY; MONOLAYERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TEMPERATURE;

ANCHORING; APPROXIMATE PROCEDURES; ELASTIC FREE ENERGY; LATTICE MODELS; NEMATICS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES;

LATTICE THEORY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY GRADIENT; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; LOW TEMPERATURE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARAMETER; PREDICTION;

EID: 0037471482     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(03)00383-9     Document Type: Article

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