THE CONFORMATIONS OF ALKYL CHAINS IN FLUIDS - A MAXIMUM-ENTROPY APPROACH

Authors
BERARDI R SPINOZZI F ZANNONI C
Citation
R. Berardi et al., THE CONFORMATIONS OF ALKYL CHAINS IN FLUIDS - A MAXIMUM-ENTROPY APPROACH, Chemical physics letters, 260(5-6), 1996, pp. 633-638
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
260
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
633 - 638
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1996)260:5-6<633:TCOACI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We present a maximum entropy internal order method for analyzing chain conformations in liquid crystalline solutions. We show how prior know ledge of the conformational distribution can be taken into account and apply the method to the determination of the conformation of n-alkane s in liquid crystals without invoking molecular field or other approxi mate theoretical models.