Maier-Saupe model of liquid crystals: Isotropic-nematic phase transitions and second-order statistics studied by Shiino's perturbation theory and strongly nonlinear Smoluchowski equations

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

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Frank, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION; FIRST-ORDER STATISTICS; MAIER-SAUPE MODEL; NONLINEAR SMOLUCHOWSKI EQUATIONS;

CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 28844506295     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.041703     Document Type: Article

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