ATOMIC-DETAIL SIMULATION STUDIES OF TILTED SMECTICS

被引：22

作者：

GLASER, MA

MALZBENDER, R

CLARK, NA

WALBA, DM

机构：

[1] UNIV COLORADO,DEPT CHEM & BIOCHEM,BOULDER,CO 80309

[2] FOM,INST ATOM & MOLEC PHYS,1098 SJ AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS

来源：

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER | 1994年 / 6卷

关键词：

D O I：

10.1088/0953-8984/6/23A/041

中图分类号：

O469 [凝聚态物理学];

学科分类号：

070205 ;

摘要：

We describe preliminary results of realistic (atomic-detail) simulation studies of tilted smectic liquid crystals. Results obtained for a one-layer freely suspended thin film of DOBAMBC in the smectic C* phase are described in detail. Our studies show unambiguously that electrostatic interactions are not required to produce tilted smectic phases, and suggest that molecular tilt in DoBAMBC is driven by the anisotropic molecular shape. We also find evidence for tilt-induced bond orientational order in our simulations.

引用

页码：A261 / A268

页数：8

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