Stability of smectic phases in the Gay-Berne model

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 11183-11194

  De Miguel, Enrique ^a   Martin Del Rio, Elvira ^a   Blas, Felipe J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; MOLECULAR ANISOTROPY; MOLECULAR ELONGATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 11144292191     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1810472     Document Type: Article

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