Predicting the phases of a two-dimensional hard-rod system with real-space self-consistent field theory

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

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Thompson, Russell B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CRYSTAL PHASE; HARD ROD COLLOIDAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL TOOLS; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY;

PHASE SPACE METHODS;

EID: 33750204771     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.041501     Document Type: Article

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