@article {2930,
	title = {ORIENTATIONAL ORDER IN SIMPLE DIPOLAR FLUIDS - DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY AND ABSOLUTE-STABILITY CONDITIONS},
	journal = {Physical Review E},
	volume = {47},
	number = {1},
	year = {1993},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: KY134Times Cited: 59Cited Reference Count: 29},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {506-512},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The formation of ferroelectric liquid crystals by simple dipolar models is investigated using density-functional theory and absolute-stability analysis. It is emphasized that for such systems well defined results can only be found by specifying exactly how the long-range dipolar interactions are treated. Explicit formal expressions are derived for mean-reaction-field boundary conditions and these are combined with integral-equation approximations in order to obtain numerical results for fluids of dipolar hard and soft spheres. The calculations predict isotropic-to-ferroelectric-nematic transitions in qualitative agreement with computer simulations. The quantitative agreement, however, is rather poor.},
	keywords = {COMPUTER-SIMULATION, ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEMS, equation, HARD-SPHERES, INVARIANT EXPANSION, MEAN SPHERICAL MODEL, ORNSTEIN-ZERNIKE, PERIODIC BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS, POLAR SYSTEMS, TRANSITION},
	isbn = {1063-651X},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1993KY13400062},
	author = {Wei, D. Q. and Patey, G. N. and Perera, A.}
}
