Isotropic-nematic phase equilibria in the Onsager theory of hard rods with length polydispersity

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

Volumn 67, Issue 6 1, 2003, Pages

  Speranza, Alessandro ^a   Sollich, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; PROBABILITY;

HARD RODS; ISOTROPIC NEMATIC PHASE EQUILIBRIA; ONSAGER THEORY; POLYDISPERSITY;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EID: 42749102519     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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