Molecular simulation of model liquid crystals in a strong aligning field

Molecular Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2919-2927

  De Miguel, Enrique ^a   Blas, Felipe J ^a   Del Río, Elvira Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; External field; Gay Berne model; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EXTERNAL FIELDS; GAY BERNE (GB) MODELS; MOLECULAR SIMULATION; SMECTIC A PHASE;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33748970446     PISSN: 00268976     EISSN: 13623028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268970600893045     Document Type: Article

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