Power law relaxation and glassy dynamics in Lebwohl-Lasher model near the isotropic-nematic phase transition

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

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Chakrabarty, Suman ^a   Chakrabarti, Dwaipayan ^a   Bagchi, Biman ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; GLASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC (IN) PHASE TRANSITION; LEBWOHL-LASHER MODEL; ORIENTATIONAL TIME CORRELATION FUNCTIONS (OTCF); POWER LAW RELAXATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33745118716     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.061706     Document Type: Article

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