Simulating polymer liquid crystals

被引：15

作者：

Bladon, P ^{[1
]}

Frenkel, D ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] FOM, INST ATOM & MOL PHYS, NL-1098 SJ AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

来源：

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER | 1996年 / 8卷 / 47期

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D O I：

10.1088/0953-8984/8/47/043

中图分类号：

O469 [凝聚态物理学];

学科分类号：

070205 ;

摘要：

A model suitable for simulating lyotropic polymer liquid crystals (PLCs) is described. By varying the persistence length between infinity and 25, the effect of increasing flexibility on the nematic-smectic transition of a PLC with a length-to-width ratio L/D = 6 is investigated. It is found that increasing flexibility shifts the formation of a smectic phase to higher densities. Comparison is made with a recent theory of the nematic-smectic transition of slightly flexible rods.

引用

页码：9445 / 9449

页数：5

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