LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE ORDER IN FLUIDS WITH HYDROGEN-BONDS

Authors
VEYTSMAN BA
Citation
Ba. Veytsman, LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE ORDER IN FLUIDS WITH HYDROGEN-BONDS, Liquid crystals, 18(4), 1995, pp. 595-600
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Liquid crystals → ACNP
ISSN journal
02678292
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
595 - 600
Database
ISI
SICI code
0267-8292(1995)18:4<595:LOIFWH>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A mean-field theory of liquid crystalline ordering in hydrogen bonded liquids is proposed. It is shown that hydrogen bonds may cause liquid crystalline ordering. For a simple example of spherical molecules cont aining hydrogen bonding functional groups the existence of a nematic p hase is predicted and the thermodynamics of the phase transition is di scussed.