Order parameters

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References

1. Joseph P. Straley "Ordered phases of a liquid of biaxial particles", Physical Review A 10 pp. 1881 - 1887 (1974)
2. Mark R. Wilson "Determination of order parameters in realistic atom-based models of liquid crystal systems", Journal of Molecular Liquids 68 pp. 23-31 (1996)
3. Denis Merlet, James W. Emsley, Philippe Lesot and Jacques Courtieu "The relationship between molecular symmetry and second-rank orientational order parameters for molecules in chiral liquid crystalline solvents", Journal of Chemical Physics 111 pp. 6890-6896 (1999)