Dimeric and dipolar ground state orders in colloidal molecular crystals

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Trizac, Emmanuel ^a   El Shawish, Samir ^b   Dobnikar, Jure ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Colloidal molecular crystals; Confined colloidal suspensions; Orientational ordering; Screened coulomb interactions; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749315885     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652010000100008     Document Type: Article

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