Nematic-fluid structure in wall-field geometry. II. The direct correlation function 034903

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Sokolovska, T G ^b   Sokolovskii, R O ^b   Patey, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COLLOIDS; CORRELATION METHODS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

COLLOIDAL PARTICLES; DIRECT CORRELATION FUNCTION (DCF); NEMATIC-FLUID STRUCTURE;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

EID: 33746463997     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2213250     Document Type: Article

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