Computer simulation study of a simple tetrahedratic mesogenic lattice model

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

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Romano, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR MODELING;

ISOTROPIC PHASE; MOLECULAR FIELD THEORY; TETRAHEDRATIC PHASE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 38949152442     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.021704     Document Type: Article

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