van der Waals interactions in cholesteric liquid crystals

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

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 2777-2791

  Issaenko, S A ^a   Harris, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; POLARIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CHIRAL PARAMETERS; DISPERSION FORCE; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; MOLECULAR GEOMETRIES; POLARIZABILITIES; STERIC INTERACTIONS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 4243478158     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.2777     Document Type: Article

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