In search of temporal power laws in the orientational relaxation near isotropic-nematic phase transition in model nematogens

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 11256-11266

  Jose, Prasanth P ^a   Bagchi, Biman ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FUNCTIONS; GLASS TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; VECTORS;

ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC PHASE TRANSITION (INPT); NEMATOGENS; POWER LAW DECAY; POWER LAW RELAXATION;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 3042551550     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1742942     Document Type: Article

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