FERROELECTRIC ORDER IN MODEL DISCOTIC NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
AYTON G PATEY GN
Citation
G. Ayton et Gn. Patey, FERROELECTRIC ORDER IN MODEL DISCOTIC NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Physical review letters, 76(2), 1996, pp. 239-242
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
239 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:2<239:FOIMDN>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Monte Carlo calculations are used to examine orientational order in fl uids of disk-shape particles with embedded dipoles. The dipoles are di stributed over a circular ''patch'' of finite size. It is shown that s uch systems may undergo spontaneous polarization to form a stable ferr oelectric discotic nematic phase.