Structure and phase diagram of self-assembled rigid rods: Equilibrium polydispersity and nematic ordering in two dimensions

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

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Tavares, J M ^a,b   Holder, B ^a   Telo Da Gama, M M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYDISPERSITY;

ASSOCIATING FLUIDS; BONDING INTERACTIONS; BONDING SITES; BONDING TEMPERATURES; COMPLEX FLUIDS; DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; EQUILIBRIUM CLUSTERS; ISOTROPIC PHASE; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC TRANSITIONS; LOW DENSITIES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NEMATIC ORDERINGS; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC TRANSITIONS; ORDERING TRANSITIONS; RIGID RODS; SELF- ASSEMBLIES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ASSEMBLY PROCESS; SQUARE LATTICES; TWO DIMENSIONS;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 62749201510     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.021505     Document Type: Article

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