Density functional theory for dense nematic liquid crystals with steric interactions

The celebrated work of Onsager on hard particle systems, based on the truncated second order virial expansion, is valid at relatively low volume fractions for large aspect ratio particles. While it predicts the isotropic-nematic phase transition, it does not provide a realistic equation of state in...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Main Authors: Nascimento, E, Palffy-Muhoray, P, Taylor, J, Virga, E, Zheng, X
Format: Journal article
Udgivet: American Physical Society 2017