Heterogeneous dynamics in columnar liquid crystals of parallel hard rods

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Belli, Simone ^a   Patti, Alessandro ^b   Van Roij, Reń ^a   Dijkstra, Marjolein ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL RODS; COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; COLUMNAR PHASIS; GLASS-FORMING SYSTEMS; HARD RODS; HETEROGENEOUS DYNAMICS; NON-GAUSSIAN; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; SIMPLE LIQUIDS; SPHEROCYLINDERS;

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLASS FORMING MACHINES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 78049282420     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3505150     Document Type: Article

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