Mechanism of diffusion in the smectic- A phase of wormlike rods studied by computer simulation

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

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Cinacchi, Giorgio ^a   De Gaetani, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADJACENT LAYERS; DIFFUSION MECHANISMS; FAST PARTICLES; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS COMPUTER SIMULATIONS; ORIENTATIONAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; VELOCITY AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 60149103512     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.011706     Document Type: Article

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