Columnar liquid crystals formed by bowl-shaped mesogens. A Monte Carlo study

Soft Matter

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2030-2038

  Ricci, Matteo ^a   Berardi, Roberto ^a   Zannoni, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POWDERS;

COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; COMPUTER SIMULATIONS; GAY-BERNE; ISOTROPIC LIQUIDS; LATTICE MONTE CARLO; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASES; MESOGENS; MONTE CARLO STUDY; PAIR POTENTIALS; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 52149087489     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b804782k     Document Type: Article

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