Phase diagram of self-assembled rigid rods on two-dimensional lattices: Theory and Monte Carlo simulations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Lopez L G ^a   Linares, D H ^a   Ramirez Pastor, A J ^a   Cannas, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; BONDING SITES; CRITICAL BEHAVIOR; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; FINITE-SIZE SCALING ANALYSIS; FIRST ORDER TRANSITIONS; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC TRANSITIONS; MEAN FIELD; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; REAL-SPACE RENORMALIZATION GROUP; RIGID RODS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SIMULATION RESULT; TRICRITICAL POINT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE;

ANISOTROPY; GASES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952118852     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3496482     Document Type: Article

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