Isotropic-nematic-smectic: Importance of being flexible

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 249, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 380-385

  Tkachenko, Alexei ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CHAIN FLEXIBILITY; ISOTROPIC NEMATIC PHASE TRANSITION; NEMATIC SMECTIC PHASE TRANSITION; SEMI FLEXIBLE CHAIN;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0345884536     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00495-0     Document Type: Article

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