Do cylinders exhibit a cubatic phase?

被引：58

作者：

Blaak, R ^{[1
]}

Frenkel, D ^{[1
]}

Mulder, BM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] FOM, Inst Atom & Mol Phys, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS | 1999年 / 110卷 / 23期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1063/1.479104

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 investigate the possibility that freely rotating cylinders with an aspect ratio L/D=0.9 exhibit a cubatic phase similar to the one found for a system of cut spheres. We present theoretical arguments why a cubatic phase might occur in this particular system. Monte Carlo simulations do not confirm the existence of a cubatic phase for cylinders. However, they do reveal an unexpected phase behavior between the isotropic and crystalline phase. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-9606(99)52222-8].

引用

页码：11652 / 11659

页数：8

共 28 条

[1] PHASE TRANSITION FOR A HARD SPHERE SYSTEM [J].

ALDER, BJ ;

WAINWRIGHT, TE .

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 1957, 27 (05) :1208-1209

[2]

Allen M.P., 1993, ADV CHEM PHYS, V86, P1, DOI [10.1002/9780470141458.ch1, DOI 10.1002/9780470141458.CH1]

[3] Infinitely thin disks exhibit a first order nematic-columnar phase transition [J].

Bates, MA ;

Frenkel, D .

PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 1998, 57 (04) :4824-4826

[4] Phase diagram of Onsager crosses [J].

Blaak, R ;

Mulder, BM .

PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 1998, 58 (05) :5873-5884

[5]

BLAAK R, 1997, THESIS U UTRECHT

[6] Tracing the phase boundaries of hard spherocylinders [J].

Bolhuis, P ;

Frenkel, D .

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 1997, 106 (02) :666-687

[7] Phase diagram of the hard biaxial ellipsoid fluid [J].

Camp, PJ ;

Allen, MP .

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 1997, 106 (16) :6681-6688

[8] MONTE-CARLO STUDY OF THE ISOTROPIC AND NEMATIC PHASES OF INFINITELY THIN HARD PLATELETS [J].

EPPENGA, R ;

FRENKEL, D .

MOLECULAR PHYSICS, 1984, 52 (06) :1303-1334

[9] THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY OF A SMECTIC PHASE IN A SYSTEM OF HARD-RODS [J].

FRENKEL, D ;

LEKKERKERKER, HNW ;

STROOBANTS, A .

NATURE, 1988, 332 (6167) :822-823

[10]

FRENKEL D, 1991, LES HOUCH S, V51, P689

← 1 2 3 →