Comparative study of temperature dependent orientational relaxation in a model thermotropic liquid crystal and in a model supercooled liquid

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Chakrabarti, Dwaipayan ^a,b   Bagchi, Biman ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SUPERCOOLING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC TRANSITION; MODE COUPLING; ORIENTATIONAL RELAXATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34249877660     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2741553     Document Type: Article

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