The Smectic Phase of Spherical-Fan Shaped Molecules. A Computer Simulation Study
Soft Condensed Matter
2016-08-31 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
We have used Monte Carlo NPT computer simulations to study a system of spherical fan shaped particles made of three hard discs fused along a common diameter. The calculated equation of state indicates a strong, entropy driven, first order transition from the isotropic phase to a layered phase that has the basic characteristics of the usual smectic A mesophase but with strongly correlated rotations about the symmetry axes of neighbouring molecules.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0103513,
title = {The Smectic Phase of Spherical-Fan Shaped Molecules. A Computer Simulation Study},
author = {A. G. Vanakaras and D. J. Photinos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0103513},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures, RevTex4b