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cond-mat.soft2009★ 55 cited
Phase diagram of hard colloidal platelets: a theoretical account
H. H. Wensink, H. N. W. Lekkerkerker
We construct the complete liquid crystal phase diagram of hard plate-like cylinders for variable aspect ratio using Onsager's second virial theory with the Parsons-Lee decoupling a…
cond-mat.soft2009★ 7 cited
Supersaturated dispersions of rod-like viruses with added attraction
P. Holmqvist, M. Ratajczyk, G. Meier +2
The kinetics of isotropic-nematic (I-N) and nematic-isotropic (N-I) phase transitions in dispersions of rod-like {\it fd}-viruses are studied. Concentration quenches were applied u…
cond-mat.soft2009★ 55 cited
Generalized van der Waals theory for the twist elastic modulus and helical pitch of cholesterics
H. H. Wensink, G. Jackson
We present a generalized van der Waals theory for a lyotropic cholesteric system of chiral spherocylinders based on the classical Onsager theory for hard anisometric bodies. The ro…