The phase behavior, structure, and dynamics of rodlike mesogens with various flexibility using dissipative particle dynamics simulation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Zunmin ^a   Guo, Hongxia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING CONSTANT; CHAIN MODELS; CONSTRAINT METHODS; DESTABILIZING EFFECT; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS SIMULATION; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; FIRST ORDER; HIGH DENSITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASIS; MESOGENS; MOLECULAR SHAPES; NEMATIC PHASE; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; PARAMETER SPACES; PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; RIGID MODEL; SMECTIC-A; SMECTIC-A PHASIS; SOLID PHASIS; TRANSITION POINT; TRANSITION PROPERTIES;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; DYNAMICS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77958109536     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3503602     Document Type: Article

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