Universal mean-field phase diagram for biaxial nematics obtained from a minimax principle

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

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Bisi, Fulvio ^a   Virga, Epifanio G ^a   Gartland, Eugene C ^b   De Matteis, Giovanni ^c   Sonnet, André M ^c   Durand, Georges E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; HAMILTONIANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

BIAXIAL NEMATICS; QUADRATIC HAMILTONIANS; TETRAPODAL MOLECULES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33646800550     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.051709     Document Type: Article

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