Spatial Order in Liquid Crystals: Computer Simulations of Systems of Ellipsoids
Materials Science
2007-05-23 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
Computer simulations of simple model systems for liquid crystals are briefly reviewed, with special emphasis on systems of ellipsoids. First, we give an overview over some of the most commonly studied systems (ellipsoids, Gay-Berne particles, spherocylinders). Then we discuss the structure of the nematic phase in the bulk and at interfaces.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0208448,
title = {Spatial Order in Liquid Crystals: Computer Simulations of Systems of Ellipsoids},
author = {Friederike Schmid and Nguyen H. Phuong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0208448},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
To appear in "Morphology of Condensed Matter: Physics and Geometry of Spatially Complex Systems", Lecture Notes in Physics, K. Mecke and D. Stoyan eds., Springer Verlag (2002)