Mean-field and computer simulation study of a biaxial nematogenic lattice model mimicking shape amphiphilicity

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 333, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 110-119

  Romano, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biaxiality; Lattice models; Liquid crystals; Nematics

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE SCALES;

BIAXIALITY; INTERACTING PARTICLES; LATTICE MODELS; LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS; NEMATICS; PERPENDICULAR ORIENTATION; SECOND ORDER TRANSITION; SIMPLE-CUBIC LATTICES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY; EXPERIMENT; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORIENTATION; PARAMETER; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 8444236655     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2004.09.055     Document Type: Article

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