A detailed Monte Carlo investigation of the tricritical region of a biaxial liquid crystal system

被引：43

作者：

Chiccoli, C ^{[1
]}

Pasini, P ^{[1
]}

Semeria, F ^{[1
]}

Zannoni, C ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C | 1999年 / 10卷 / 2-3期

关键词：

computer simulations; liquid crystals; biaxial nematics;

D O I：

10.1142/S0129183199000358

中图分类号：

TP39 [计算机的应用];

学科分类号：

081203 ; 0835 ;

摘要：

We study a lattice system of biaxial particles interacting with a second-rank anisotropic potential. We have performed detailed Monte Carlo calculations in the vicinity of the prolate-oblate dual value of molecular biaxiality. Our results confirm the second-order character of the transition in this limiting case.

引用

页码：469 / 476

页数：8

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