Phase and interphase behavior of discotic liquid crystals

We present the phase diagram of Gay-Berne potential for discotic symmetry using a particular set of parameters. We show evidence of isotropic, nematic and columnar phases. These results were obtained using two different Molecular Dynamics ensembles to get complementary information. The canonical ensemble to produce interphases between coexisting phases and isothermalisobaric ensemble to calculate homogeneous properties. The phase diagram was constructed using 2048 particles. For the lower part of the phase diagram, corresponding to low range of temperatures, we present evidence of coexistence lines for isotropic and columnar phases, We support our conclusions on distribution functions and nematic order parameter results.