Effects of longitudinal quadrupoles on the phase behavior of a Gay-Berne fluid

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 10209-10223

  Withers, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

GAY-BERNE FLUID; ISOTROPIC LIQUID; LONGITUDINAL QUADRUPOLES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0345529840     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1615768     Document Type: Article

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