Hard cut sphere model
Hard disks in a three dimensional space (also known as platelets or hard-cut spheres, which have some thickness ).
References
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- R. Eppenga and D. Frenkel "Monte Carlo study of the isotropic and nematic phases of infinitely thin hard platelets", Molecular Physics 52 pp. 1303-1334 (1984)
- J. A. C. Veerman and D. Frenkel "Phase behavior of disklike hard-core mesogens", Physical Review A 45 5632-5648 (1992)
- Peter D. Duncan, Matthew Dennison, Andrew J. Masters, and Mark R. Wilson "Theory and computer simulation for the cubatic phase of cut spheres", Physical Review E 79 031702 (2009)
- H. H. Wensink and H. N. W. Lekkerkerker "Phase diagram of hard colloidal platelets: a theoretical account", Molecular Physics 107 pp. 2111-2118 (2009)