Theory of the isotropic-nematic transition in dispersions of compressible rods

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

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Shundyak, Kostya ^a   Van Roij, René ^b   Van Der Schoot, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DEFORMATION; DISPERSIONS; ELASTICITY; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; MODEL RODS; NEMATIC ORDERING TRANSITIONS; POLYMER COATING;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 33747801695     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.021710     Document Type: Article

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