Examination of appearance of biaxial nematic phase for the rod-disc mixtures using symmetry breaking potential method

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2243-2249

  Matsuda, Hiromitsu ^a   Koda, Tomonori ^a   Ikeda, Susumu ^a   Kimura, Hatsuo ^a,b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biaxial nematic; Co existence region; Liquid crystal; Re entrance; Rod disc mixture; Symmetry breaking potential

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXAMINATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; THEORY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0242507582     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.72.2243     Document Type: Article

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