Molecular field theory with atomistic modeling for the curvature elasticity of nematic liquid crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Cestari, Mirko ^a   Bosco, Alessandro ^a,b   Ferrarini, Alberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; ATOMIC COORDINATE; ATOMISTIC MODELING; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMMON FEATURES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONFORMATIONAL FREEDOM; CURVATURE ELASTICITY; CYANOBIPHENYLS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC RESPONSE; INTERMOLECULAR CORRELATIONS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MESOGENES; MESOGENS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR FEATURE; MOLECULAR FIELD THEORY; MOLECULAR GEOMETRIES; MOLECULAR SURFACES; NEMATIC DIRECTOR; NEMATICS; ORIENTATIONAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; RESTORING FORCES; SINGLE MOLECULE; STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTALS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTICITY; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 68849090096     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3193555     Document Type: Article

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