Local structure in nematic and isotropic liquid crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1214-1222

  Phuong, Nguyen Hoang ^a   Schmid, Friederike ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

LOCAL STRUCTURES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0043270289     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1577322     Document Type: Article

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