Stability of the columnar and smectic phases of length-bidisperse parallel hard cylinders

Molecular Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 23-24, 2009, Pages 2481-2492

  Varga, Szabolcs ^a   Velasco, Enrique ^b   Mederos, Luis ^c   Vesely, Franz J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Columnar; Mixture; Onsager theory; Polysilanes; Smetic

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MIXTURES; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

COLUMNAR; LAYERED STRUCTURES; ONSAGER THEORY; ROD-LIKE PARTICLES; SECOND-VIRIAL THEORY; SMECTIC AND COLUMNAR PHASIS; SMECTIC STRUCTURES; SMETIC;

POLYSILANES;

EID: 73149116618     PISSN: 00268976     EISSN: 13623028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268970903369180     Document Type: Article

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