Isotropic-nematic transition in hard-rod fluids: Relation between continuous and restricted-orientation models

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

Volumn 69, Issue 4 1, 2004, Pages

  Shundyak, Kostya ^a   Van Roij, René ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CORRELATION METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

HARD-ROD FLUIDS; NEMATIC PHASE; ONE-COMPONENT FLUIDS; VIRIAL THEORY;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 42749105504     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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