Critical behavior of long straight rigid rods on two-dimensional lattices: Theory and Monte Carlo simulations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Matoz Fernandez, D A ^a   Linares, D H ^a   Ramirez Pastor, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

(E ,2E) THEORY; AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CONTINUOUS TRANSITIONS; CRITICAL BEHAVIORS; ISOTROPIC STATES; MINIMUM VALUES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); NEMATIC PHASE; ORDERED PHASE; RIGID RODS; TRIANGULAR LATTICES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) LATTICES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 44849137538     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2927877     Document Type: Article

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