Smectic ordering of homogeneous semiflexible polymers

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

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Hidalgo, Raul Cruz ^a   Sullivan, D E ^a   Chen, Jeff Z Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR FLEXIBILITY; NEMATIC PHASE; NEMATIC-SMECTIC TRANSITION; SMECTIC FORMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 41349088345     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.041804     Document Type: Article

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