Entropic behavior of binary carbonaceous mesophases

Entropy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-199

  Golmohammadi, Mojdeh ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous mesophase; Discotic nematic liquid crystal; Entropy; Mixture; Molecular weight; Specific heat

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749123703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/entropy-e10030183     Document Type: Article

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