Computer simulations of biaxial nematics

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 46, 2008, Pages

  Berardi, Roberto ^a   Muccioli, Luca ^a   Orlandi, Silvia ^a   Ricci, Matteo ^a   Zannoni, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

BIAXIAL NEMATICS; CONDENSED MATTERS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATIONS; FUTURE CHALLENGES; MESOGENS; MOLECULAR FEATURES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; SIMULATION STUDIES; STRUCTURAL FEATURES;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 58149357399     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/46/463101     Document Type: Article

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