A dissipative particle dynamics study of the realignment of a nanodroplet of a nematic in a weak external magnetic field

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-23

  Levine, Y K ^a   Polimeno, A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

61.30.Cz molecular and microscopic models and theories of liquid crystal structure; 61.43.Bn structural modeling: serial addition models, computer simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS (DPD); INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; ISOTROPIC FLUIDS; MESOGENS; NANODROPLETS; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250199340     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10080-6     Document Type: Article

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