SIMULATING POLYMER LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
BLADON P FRENKEL D
Citation
P. Bladon et D. Frenkel, SIMULATING POLYMER LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Journal of physics. Condensed matter, 8(47), 1996, pp. 9445-9449
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of physics. Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
09538984
Volume
8
Issue
47
Year of publication
1996
Pages
9445 - 9449
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-8984(1996)8:47<9445:SPL>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A model suitable for simulating lyotropic polymer liquid crystals (PLC s) is described. By varying the persistence length between infinity an d 25, the effect of increasing flexibility on the nematic-smectic tran sition of a PLC with a length-to-width ratio L/D = 6 is investigated. It is found that increasing flexibility shifts the formation of a smec tic phase to higher densities. Comparison is made with a recent theory of the nematic-smectic transition of slightly flexible rods.