Molecular dynamics simulation study of the influence of chirality on the stability of the smectic Q liquid crystal phase

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 8452-8458

  Yoneya, Makoto ^a,b   Yamamoto, Takahiro ^a,b   Nishiyama, Isa ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE STABILITY; POWDERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ATOMIC MODELING; LIQUID-CRYSTAL PHASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NEGATIVE VALUES; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PARAMETERS; RACEMIC MIXTURES; SMECTIC Q;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 49149117937     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp712121v     Document Type: Article

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