Theoretical analysis of polydispersity in the nematic phase of self-assembled semiflexible chains

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Lü, Xinjiang ^a   Kindt, James T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEMATIC PHASES; POLYDISPERSITY; RANDOMLY ORIENTED CHAINS; SEMIFLEXIBLE CHAINS;

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE SEPARATION; SELF ASSEMBLY;

MONOMERS;

EID: 33746874816     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2234478     Document Type: Article

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