Orientational dynamics in the isotropic phase of a calamitic liquid-crystal model

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 109, Issue 51, 2005, Pages 24480-24488

  Bertolini, Davide ^a   Cinacchi, Giorgio ^b   De Gaetani, Luca ^b   Tani, Alessandro ^b  

^a AREA DELLA RICERCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DERIVATIVES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ISOTROPIC PHASE; LENGTH-TO-WIDTH RATIO; ORIENTATIONAL DYNAMICS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 30344463333     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0533067     Document Type: Article

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