Flow alignment phenomena in liquid crystals studied by molecular dynamics simulation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Sarman, Sten ^a   Laaksonen, Aatto ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT ANGLE; EQUATION OF MOTION; EQUILIBRIUM FLUCTUATION; FLOW ALIGNMENTS; FUNCTION OF TIME; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NEMATIC PHASE; NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; SMECTIC A PHASE; SMECTIC-A; TWIST VISCOSITY;

ALIGNMENT; FLOW SIMULATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EID: 70350454946     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3238549     Document Type: Article

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