The influence of lateral and terminal substitution on the structure of a liquid crystal dendrimer in nematic solution: A computer simulation study

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1167-1175

  Wilson, Mark R ^a   Stimson, Lorna M ^b   Ilnytskyi, Jaroslav M ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Dendrimer; Gay Berne; Lateral substitution; Liquid crystal; Molecular dynamics; Simulation; Terminal substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845444458     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290600973113     Document Type: Article

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