Non-equilibrium molecular-dynamics measurement of the Leslie coefficients of a Gay-Berne nematic liquid crystal
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Liquid Crystals Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713926090 Non-equilibrium molecular-dynamics measurement of the Leslie coefficients of a Gay-Berne nematic liquid crystal Congmin Wu a; Tiezheng Qian b; Pingwen Zhang a a LMAM, CCSE and School of Mathematical Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China b Department of Mathematics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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