THEORY OF THE ISOTROPIC NEMATIC NEMATIC PHASE-SEPARATION FOR A SOLUTION OF BIDISPERSE RODLIKE PARTICLES

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作者
VROEGE, GJ
LEKKERKERKER, HNW
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[1] Van't Hoff Laboratory, University of Utrecht, 3584 CH Utrecht
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10.1021/j100116a026
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Nematic-nematic phase equilibria and an isotropic-nematic-nematic triple point are located in the phase diagram of a bidisperse solution of rigid hard rods. To this end, the formulation of the Onsager second virial theory for bidisperse systems using Gaussian trial functions is applied. It appears that-within this approximation-the nematic-nematic transition is not caused by excluded-volume effects but by a balance between orientational entropy and entropy of mixing. Below a length ratio of 3.167 there is only a simple isotropic-nematic transition present.
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