Discotic columnar liquid crystal studied in the bulk and nanoconfined states by molecular dynamics simulation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 141, Issue 13, 2014, Pages

  Busselez, Rémi ^a,b   Cerclier, Carole V ^a,c   Ndao, Makha ^a,d   Ghoufi, Aziz ^a   Lefort, Ronan ^a   Morineau, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES MATÉRIAUX JEAN ROUXEL   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; COMPETING EFFECTS; DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; HEXAGONAL PACKING; LOWER TEMPERATURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOPOROUS CHANNELS; RELAXATION MODES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84907781794     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: 10897690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4896052     Document Type: Article

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