Molecular model for de Vries type smectic- A -smectic- C phase transition in liquid crystals

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

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Gorkunov, M V ^a,b   Giesselmann, F ^c   Lagerwall, J P F ^c   Sluckin, T J ^d   Osipov, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MODELING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DE VRIES TYPE SMECTICS; MOLECULAR MODELS; SMECTIC LAYER CONTRACTION; SOFT MATTER SYSTEMS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34547278725     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.060701     Document Type: Article

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