Effects of molecular elongation on liquid crystalline phase behaviour: Isotropic-nematic transition

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 326, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-24

  Singh, Ram Chandra ^a   Ram, Jokhan ^b  

^a MEERUT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREEZING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MOLECULAR ELONGATION;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0038148624     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(03)00283-8     Document Type: Article

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