Molecular dynamics simulation study of spherical nanoparticles in a nematogenic matrix: Anchoring, interactions, and phase behavior

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Xu, Jianqing ^a   Bedrov, Dmitry ^a   Smith, Grant D ^a   Glaser, Matthew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; SPHERES;

COMPOSITION RANGES; HOMEOTROPIC ANCHORING; INDUCED INTERACTIONS; ISOTROPIC PHASE; MANY-BODY EFFECTS; MATRIXES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NEMATIC PHASE; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; SPHERO-CYLINDERS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 59449095026     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.011704     Document Type: Article

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