Theory of orientational ordering in colloidal molecular crystals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Agra, R ^a   Van Wijland, F ^a   Trizac, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYTES; FREEZING; LASER PULSES; MELTING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ISING MODEL; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERING; PERIODIC SUBSTRATES; UNIT CELLS;

MOLECULAR CRYSTALS;

EID: 3442889931     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.018304     Document Type: Article

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