Molecular dipoles and tilted smectic formation: A Monte Carlo study

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

Volumn 67, Issue 4 1, 2003, Pages 417081-4170814

  Berardi, Roberto ^a   Orlandi, Silvia ^a   Zannoni, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

MOLECULAR DIPOLES;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 10844258365     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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