Biaxial nematic phases and V-shaped molecules: A Monte Carlo simulation study

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

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Bates, Martin A ^a   Luckhurst, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTROPIC PHASE; NEMATIC PHASE; ORDER PARAMETERS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 28844441706     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.051702     Document Type: Article

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