Computer simulations of bent-core liquid crystals

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

Volumn 70, Issue 1 1, 2004, Pages

  Dewar, Alastair ^a   Camp, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FUNCTIONS; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TENSORS; THERMODYNAMICS; VECTORS;

BENT-CORE LIQUID CRYSTALS; BOND ANGLES; LENNARD-JONES SPHERES; TILTED PHASES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 42749103318     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.011704     Document Type: Article

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