Isotropic-nematic transition in liquid crystals confined between rough walls
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
The effect of rough walls on the phase behaviour of a confined liquid crystal (LC) fluid is studied using constant pressure Monte Carlo simulations. The LC is modelled as a fluid of soft ellipsoidal molecules and the rough walls are represented as a hard wall with a number of molecules randomly embedded in them. It is found that the isotropic-nematic (IN) transition is shifted to higher pressures for rougher walls.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0511198,
title = {Isotropic-nematic transition in liquid crystals confined between rough walls},
author = {David L Cheung and Friederike Schmid},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0511198},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures Accepted in Chemical Physics Letters