E. Berggren et al., COMPUTER-SIMULATIONS OF NEMATIC DROPLETS WITH BIPOLAR BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 50(4), 1994, pp. 2929-2939
We present Monte Carlo computer simulations of model nematic droplets
that mimic polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC's) with bipolar bou
ndary conditions. We investigate the orientational order and the molec
ular organization in these systems for various anchoring strengths and
for external applied fields of different magnitude both for positive
and negative susceptivity anisotropy. We report a number of simulation
s for system sizes from 304 to 11 752 particles and calculate powder d
euterium NMR spectra and polarizing microscope textures for the variou
s cases.