Comment on "Gas-liquid coexistence and demixing in systems with highly directional pair potentials"

Authors
Teixeira, PIC
Citation
Pic. Teixeira, Comment on "Gas-liquid coexistence and demixing in systems with highly directional pair potentials", PHYS REV E, 59(1), 1999, pp. 1280-1282
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN journal
1063651X → ACNP
Volume
59
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Part
B
Pages
1280 - 1282
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(199901)59:1<1280:CO"CAD>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
It is shown that the simulation results of Blair and Patey [Phys. Rev. E 57 , 5682 (1998)] for a model nematic liquid crystal are qualitatively describ ed by mean-field theory. Furthermore, it is pointed out that the absence of (isotropic) liquid-vapor equilibrium appears to be a common feature of a n umber of model fluids characterized by strongly anisotropic pair potentials . [S1063-651X(99)03201-8].