Hybrid Nematic Films: A Detailed Monte Carlo Investigation

被引：4
作者：
Chiccoli, C. [1 ]
Gouripeddi, S. P. [2 ]
Pasini, P. [1 ]
Murthy, K. P. N. [2 ]
Sastry, V. S. S. [2 ]
Zannoni, C. [3 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Biol, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
[2] Univ Hyderabad, Sch Phys, Hyderabad 500134, Andhra Pradesh, India
[3] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Chim Fis & Inorgan, I-40136 Bologna, Italy
[4] Univ Bologna, INSTM CRIMSON, I-40136 Bologna, Italy
来源：
MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS | 2009年 / 500卷
关键词：
anchoring; hybrid films; Monte Carlo; nematic liquid crystals; Wang-Landau algorithm; LATTICE MODEL; TRANSITION; ORDER;
D O I：
10.1080/15421400802714072
中图分类号：
O6 [化学];
学科分类号：
0703 ;
摘要：
We present detailed Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of a nematic film with antagonistic boundary conditions corresponding to homeotropic and homogeneous planar anchoring at the two surfaces. The simulations are based on the Lebwohl-Lasher lattice spin model with boundary conditions chosen to mimic the cell anchoring. We have investigated the model using both a standard Metropolis and a reweighting Monte Carlo method recently implemented for continuous systems.
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