Theory and simulation of biaxial nematic and orthogonal smectic phases formed by mixtures of board-like molecules

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 3700-3706

  Vanakaras, A G ^a   Bates, M A ^a,b   Photinos, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; LIQUID; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0042763020     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b306271f     Document Type: Article

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