Equation of state for nematics having a cylindrical hard core
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 24 (4) , 2089-2092
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.24.2089
Abstract
In order to describe nematics having an oblong or disclike molecular structure, a system of hard cylinders is considered. After proposing an equation of state, the thermodynamic behavior is calculated and compared with a system of spherocylinders and with experiment.Keywords
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