Three-dimensional rotational Langevin dynamics and the Lebwohl-Lasher model

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

Volumn 63, Issue 4 I, 2001, Pages 427011-427013

  Bac, Christophe Goze ^a   Paredes V, Ricardo ^b   Vásquez R, Carlos ^b   Medina D, Ernesto ^b   Hasmy, Anwar ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

LANGEVIN DYNAMICS; LEBWOHL-LASHER MODEL;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0343462142     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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