A NOTE ON THE ONSAGER MODEL OF NEMATIC PHASE TRANSITIONS ¤

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Fatkullin, I ^a   Slastikov, V ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maier saupe potential; Nematic phase transitions; Onsager model

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944484957     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: 19450796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CMS.2005.v3.n1.a2     Document Type: Article

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