Computer simulation study of a biaxial nematogenic lattice model associated with a three-dimensional lattice and involving dispersion interactions

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 339, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 511-530

  Romano, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biaxiality; Lattice models; Liquid crystals; Nematics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DISPERSIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE COMPOSITION; TENSORS;

BIAXIALITY; CENTER OF MASS; LATTICE MODELS; NEMATICS;

LATTICE CONSTANTS;

EID: 2942532631     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.04.049     Document Type: Article

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