Phase behavior of bent-core molecules

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1 1, 2003, Pages 117031-117036

  Lansac, Yves ^a   Maiti, Prabal K ^a,b   Clark, Noel A ^a   Glaser, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERS; FREE ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BENT-CORE MOLECULES;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0038054820     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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