Liquid Crystal Phase Behaviour of Attractive Disc-Like Particles
We employ a generalized van der Waals-Onsager perturbation theory to construct a free energy functional capable of describing the thermodynamic properties and orientational order of the isotropic and nematic phases of attractive disc particles. The model mesogen is a hard (purely repulsive) cylindri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-08-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/14/8/16414 |