THEORY OF POLARIZABLE LIQUID-CRYSTALS - OPTICAL BIREFRINGENCE

Authors
CAO JS BERNE BJ
Citation
Js. Cao et Bj. Berne, THEORY OF POLARIZABLE LIQUID-CRYSTALS - OPTICAL BIREFRINGENCE, The Journal of chemical physics, 99(3), 1993, pp. 2213-2220
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
99
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2213 - 2220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1993)99:3<2213:TOPL-O>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The theory of polarizable anisotropic fluids is developed on the basis of a model fluid consisting of anisotropic Drude oscillators with emb edded permanent dipoles. A matrix theory is developed. The dielectric tensor is derived and a matrix Monte Carlo method is used to calculate the optical absorption and birefringence of ordered fluids.