Simulations of nematic homopolymer melts using particle-based models with interactions expressed through collective variables

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 28, 2012, Pages

  Daoulas, Kostas Ch ^a,b   Rühle, Victor ^a,c   Kremer, Kurt ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INNOVATIONLAB   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE VARIABLES; CONFORMATIONAL PROPERTIES; CURRENT MODELS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; HOMOPOLYMER MELT; HYBRID MONTE CARLO; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC TRANSITIONS; LANDAU-DE GENNES FREE ENERGY; LARGE SYSTEM; LOCAL ORIENTATIONS; NEMATIC ORDERING; NEMATIC PHASE; POLYMER ARCHITECTURE; QUADRATIC FUNCTIONALS; WORM-LIKE CHAIN MODELS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84863306199     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/28/284121     Document Type: Article

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