MONTE-CARLO INVESTIGATIONS OF A GAY-BERNE LIQUID-CRYSTAL

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作者
BERARDI, R [1 ]
EMERSON, APJ [1 ]
ZANNONI, C [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BOLOGNA,DIPARTIMENTO CHIM FIS & INORGAN,I-40136 BOLOGNA,ITALY
来源
JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-FARADAY TRANSACTIONS | 1993年 / 89卷 / 22期
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10.1039/ft9938904069
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report extensive Monte Carlo simulations of two systems with 512 and 1000 particles interacting with a Gay-Berne potential with strength parameters (mu = 1, nu = 3) that enhance the side-by-side and end-to-end interactions between the particles. We show that the system has a smectic, nematic and isotropic phase and we calculate the order parameters < P-2 >, < P-4 >, the intermolecular vector distribution and other relevant observables as a function of temperature at a scaled density p(*) = 0.30.
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页码:4069 / 4078
页数:10
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