Chain formation in a monolayer of dipolar hard spheres under an external field

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1555-1560

  Luo, Liang ^a   Chen, Xiao Song ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chain formation; Dipolar fluid; Integral equation theory; Monolayer

Indexed keywords

CHAIN FORMATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENSITY FLUCTUATION; DIPOLAR FLUIDS; DIPOLAR HARD SPHERES; EXTERNAL FIELDS; GRAND POTENTIAL; HIGH DENSITY; INTEGRAL EQUATION THEORY; REFERENCE HYPERNETTED CHAINS; RESPONSE MATRICES; SMALLEST EIGENVALUE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 83955165930     PISSN: 16747348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11433-011-4428-4     Document Type: Article

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