Orientational order in two dimensions from competing interactions at different scales

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Barci, Daniel G ^a   Stariolo, Daniel A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

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EID: 62549137475     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.075437     Document Type: Article

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