Numerical study of a calamitic liquid-crystal model: Phase behavior and structure

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

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Cinacchi, Giorgio ^a   De Gaetani, Luca ^a   Tani, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY YUKAWA MODELS; COULOMB COUPLINGS; GLOBULAR PROTEINS; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING (SAS);

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLUTIONS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 41349099783     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.031703     Document Type: Article

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