Electronic Resource
College Park, Md.
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
The Journal of Chemical Physics
114 (2001), S. 5432-5434
ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Liquid crystals exhibit orientation-dependent phases ranging from a disordered (isotropic) phase to a highly ordered crystalline phase. In between these extremes, increasing order can result in nematic and smectic phases. Typically, molecular simulation studies of liquid-crystal behavior use a nonspherical hard-body monomer. In this work, molecular simulation is used to study dimers of hard prolate ellipsoids. The results indicate that dimers of hard prolate ellipsoids exhibit a rich diversity of liquid-crystal behavior including smectic phases. In some cases, the dimer model may be a more realistic alternative to the conventional monomer model for liquid-crystal behavior. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1351855
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