Density-functional study of the nematic-isotropic interface of hard spherocylinders

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Velasco, E ^a   Mederos, L ^b   Sullivan, D E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SURFACE TENSION; VOLUME FRACTION; WETTING;

ELLIPSOIDS; ONSAGER THEORY; SPHEROCYLINDERS; SURFACE EFFECTS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 41349105688     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.021708     Document Type: Article

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