Journal
MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Volume 116, Issue 21-22, Pages 2792-2805Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1471231
Keywords
Liquid crystals; entropy; columnar phase; hard particles; Monte Carlo simulations
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- Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [NWO-ECHO grant]
- EU H2020-MSCA-ITN- 2015 project 'MULTIMAT' (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks) [676045]
- Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [676045] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)
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Colloidal rod-like particles self-assemble into a variety of liquid crystal phases. In contrast to the formation of the nematic and smectic phases for which it is well understood that it can be driven by entropy, the stabilisation mechanism of a prolate columnar phase (
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