Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of the phase behavior of the 4-cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl liquid crystal system

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2075-2089

  Zhang, Jianguo ^a   Su, Jiaye ^a   Ma, Yanping ^a   Guo, Hongxia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; ATOMISTIC MODELS; BONDED INTERACTIONS; BULK PHASE; COARSE-GRAINED; COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; INTERACTION POTENTIALS; ISOTROPIC PHASE; LIQUID CRYSTAL SYSTEMS; LOCAL STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NEMATIC LC; NONBONDED INTERACTION; PARAMETRIZATIONS; STRUCTURE-BASED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84863140490     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp210764h     Document Type: Article

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