Elastic constants for liquid crystals of disc-like molecules

K. Sokalski and Th.W. Ruijgrok

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1982, vol. 113, issue 1, 126-132

Abstract: Using a previously developed theory of nematic liquid crystals we present a calculation of the order parameters and elastic constants for those liquid crystals which consist of disc-like molecules. We obtain a simple inversion as compared to rod-like molecules.

Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(82)90010-3

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